Hugh Green

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Hugh Green
Date of birth: July 27, 1959 (1959-07-27) (age 48)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Natchez, Mississippi
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 225 lb (102 kg)
Position(s): LB
Jersey #: N/A
College: Pittsburgh
NFL Draft: 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick 7
Career highlights and Awards
Pro Bowls 1983, 1984
Awards 1980 Walter Camp Award
1980 Maxwell Award
1980 Lombardi Award
Honors 1980 All-American
1979 All-American
1978 All-American
Teams
1981-1985
1985-1991		 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Miami Dolphins
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

Hugh Donell Green (born July 27, 1959 in Natchez, Mississippi) is a former American Football linebacker in the National Football League. He played for eleven seasons from 1981 to 1991 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins. He is considered to be one of the greatest linebackers in Buccaneers history.[1]

Green had a stellar college football career as a defensive end for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers in the late 1970s where he was a three-time All-American. In 1980, Green won the Walter Camp Award, the Maxwell Award, and the Lombardi Award, and finished second in the Heisman Trophy balloting, losing to running back George Rogers of the University of South Carolina.[2] Green left the university with 441 tackles and 53 career sacks in his college career.[3]

Green was selected as the seventh overall pick of the first round by the Buccaneers in the 1981 NFL Draft. He was elected to the Pro Bowl twice in his career, in 1982 and 1983 but also suffered several injuries, including a car accident in the middle of the 1984 season for a fracture near the eye.[4] He was traded to the Miami Dolphins in the middle of the 1985 season where he played six more seasons before retiring.

Green was selected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and was named the fifth greatest college football player of All-Time by collegefootballnews.com. [5] In 2007, Green was ranked #14 on ESPN's Top 25 Players In College Football History list.


  1. ^ Hugh Green from Bucpower.com Retrieved April 14, 2006
  2. ^ Lineman finalist for Heisman Retrieved April 14, 2006
  3. ^ 100 Greatest Players of All-Time #5 Hugh Green Retrieved April 14, 2006
  4. ^ SPORTS PEOPLE; ; Hugh Green in Crash, New York Times October 4, 1984 Retrieved April 14, 2006
  5. ^ 100 Greatest Players of All-Time #5 Hugh Green Retrieved April 14, 2006

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Maxwell Award winners
1937: Frank | 1938: O'Brien | 1939: Kinnick | 1940: Harmon | 1941: Dudley | 1942: Governali | 1943: Odell | 1944: G. Davis | 1945: Blanchard | 1946: Trippi | 1947: Walker | 1948: Bednarik | 1949: Hart | 1950: Bagnell | 1951: Kazmaier | 1952: Lattner | 1953: Lattner | 1954: Beagle | 1955: Cassady | 1956: McDonald | 1957: Reifsnyder | 1958: Dawkins | 1959: Lucas | 1960: Bellino | 1961: Ferguson | 1962: Baker | 1963: Staubach | 1964: Ressler | 1965: Nobis | 1966: Lynch | 1967: Beban | 1968: Simpson | 1969: Reid | 1970: Plunkett | 1971: Marinaro | 1972: Van Pelt | 1973: Cappelletti | 1974: Joachim | 1975: Griffin | 1976: Dorsett | 1977: Browner | 1978: Fusina | 1979: C. White | 1980: Green | 1981: Allen | 1982: H. Walker | 1983: Rozier | 1984: Flutie | 1985: Long | 1986: Testaverde | 1987: McPherson | 1988: Sanders | 1989: Thompson | 1990: Detmer | 1991: Howard | 1992: Torretta | 1993: Ward | 1994: Collins | 1995: George | 1996: Wuerffel | 1997: P. Manning | 1998: Williams | 1999: Dayne | 2000: Brees | 2001: Dorsey | 2002: Johnson | 2003: E. Manning | 2004: J. White | 2005: V. Young | 2006: Quinn | 2007: Tebow
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers first-round draft picks
Selmon • Bell • D. Williams • Snell • Green • Farrell • Holmes • Jackson • R. Jones • Testaverde • Gruber • Thomas • McCants • McRae • Curry • Dilfer • Sapp • Brooks • Upshaw • M. Jones • Dunn • Anthony • McFarland • Walker • Clayton • C. Williams • Joseph • Adams
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