Nelson (Nellie) Greene

After two seasons with the Ottawa Rough Riders (1947-48) and taking a year off football to concentrate on hockey, Nelson Greene came West to play for Saskatchewan.  His beast season was 1950 when his 415 yards rushing was good for fifth in the West.  Saskathcewan made it to the Grey Cup in 1951, but an injury kept Greene out of the game.

GP, Rushing and Receiving
Year Team GP TC Yds Avg TD Long Rec Yds Avg TD Long
1947 OTT










1948 OTT










1950 SASK
75 415 5.5 4
4 72 18 0
1951 SASK
45 177 4 1
1 17 17 0 17
1952 SASK
33 164 5 0
1 9 9 0 9
1953 SASK
13 38 3 0
4 36 9 1
1954 SASK
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

No games played stats were kept in the West until 1964.  Greene is listed in the Saskatchewan all-time roster for 1954, but he does not show up in the stats.  Inidvidual stats in the East were not kept until 1950 so there are no stats available for 1947 and 1948.

 

KO Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1947 OTT




1948 OTT




1950 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1951 SASK 1 13 13 0 13
1952 SASK 1 5 5 0 5
1953 SASK 1 32 32 0 32
1954 SASK 0 0 0 0 0

 

Punting
Year Team P Yds Avg Long S
1947 OTT




1948 OTT




1950 SASK 24 874 36.4
1
1951 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1952 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1953 SASK 0 0 0 0 0
1954 SASK 0 0 0 0 0

 

Nelson Greene from 1952 program