Career
He also spent a season with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League. Green, a defender, was used mostly across half back from his East Fremantle debut in 1970. Green was at centre half back in their 1974 premiership side and became club captain in 1975, replacing Graham Melrose.
He played in his second premiership in 1979, with the Grand Final being his last game for East Fremantle.
Despite announcing his retirement in 1979, he was lured back into action by South Melbourne whom he joined halfway through the 1980 VFL season. Green regularly represented Western Australia at interstate level with a total of 14 appearances to his name.
He made his debut at the 1972 Perth Carnival and within three years was captain of his state, a position he would hold at the 1975 Knockout Carnival. In 1997, Green was named as a half back flanker in East Fremantle"s official "Team of the Century".