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Geoffrey Green OBE (12 May 1911 – 9 May 1990) was an English football writer. Geoffrey Green was educated at Shrewsbury School,[1] where he played football. He started writing about football for The Times in the 1930s.[2] He is considered to be the godfather of football reporting, although he remained anonymous in the paper until 23 January 1967. He also broadcast on football for BBC Radio.
Green was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1946 Birthday Honours, and promoted to Officer (OBE) in the 1976 New Year Honours.[3][4]
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- ^ Chisari, Fabio. "'DEFINITELY NOT CRICKET' THE TIMES AND THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP 1930-1970" (PDF). Leicester, United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1946. p. 2781.
- ^ UK list: "No. 46777". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1975. p. 11.