Al Green

Quick Facts

Full Name	Al Green
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 3, 1953(1953-09-03)
Age	71
Birthplace	The Bronx
Country	United States
Birth City	The Bronx
Horoscope	Capricorn

Al Green Biography

Al Green is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on September 3, 1953 in The Bronx, The Bronx, United States. Al Green (born 3 September 1953) is a retired American-Australian professional basketball player who played his career in the Australian National Basketball League from 1981 until his retirement in at the end of 1993. Green obtained Australian citizenship in 1984.

During his career, Green was often accused by the media of not being able to handle the pressure of big games such as Grand Finals, mostly stemming from sub-par performances (by his standards) in the 1982 and 1985 Grand Finals where he scored 11 and 15 points respectively compared to his season averages of 26.5 and 31.0. Green’s answer to those who claimed he couldn’t play big games was that “At least I got there and won two championships”.

Al Green wasn’t only a professional basketball player. He was also a professional runner who won Adelaide’s famous Bay Sheffied sprint race held over 120 metres in both 1983 and 1984. Starting off a 4.75 mark and running the equivalent of 6 yards (5 m) inside even time, Green won the 1983 Bay Sheffied in a time of 12.0 seconds and by a margin of approximately 3 metres. Earlier in the year Green had finished 2nd in Australia’s oldest and richest short distance running race, the Stawell Gift. Starting off a 2.0 mark in 1984, Green won his second Bay Sheffield in a time of 12.67 seconds, becoming the first man in 80 years to win back to back Bay Sheffield’s (H. Smith won in 1902 and 1903). He also became only the third man after G. Clarkson (1890–91) and Smith to win back to back.

Note: The Three-point line was only introduced to the NBL in 1984.

After failing to gain a contract with Phoenix, Green, a 6’2″ (189 cm) guard, reasoned that if he didn’t want to play football, there must be somewhere in the world he could play basketball. This led him in 1981 first to the Philippines for the Crispa Redmanizers, and later to Adelaide in South Australia and the West Adelaide Bearcats who played at the 3,000-seat Apollo Stadium. The Bearcats played in the fledgeling National Basketball League, which in 1981 was then heading into just its third season after starting in

1979. For Green, Australia was a perfect choice as not only was there no language barrier and the Australian lifestyle, which during the 1980s was being influenced more and more by the USA, was similar to what he was used to. Green, who could run faster, jump higher, and dunk the ball better than just about anyone else at the time in the fledgling league, was an instant star in Australia and in his first season he helped the Bearcats to a third-place finish and was selected to his first All NBL First Team.

Al Green Net Worth

Al Green is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Al Green 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

While attending Louisiana State, Al Green was selected as pick #269 in the 1979 NFL Draft as a Defensive Back by the San Diego Chargers, despite never having played organised football. The choice was made primarily on Green’s size, speed and jumping ability. Green and his agent spoke to the Chargers but despite the money he was being offered to change sports, he decided that he wanted to continue playing basketball and felt that there had to be somewhere in the world he could play.

Green entered into the 1979 NBA Draft where he was a third round selection (64th overall) by the Phoenix Suns, though he would never play in the NBA. In the draft, Green was selected before future NBA All Star center’s – 6’11” (211 cm) Bill Laimbeer (65th – Cleveland Cavaliers), 7’2″ (218 cm) James Donaldson (73rd – Seattle SuperSonics), and 7’4″ (224 cm) Mark Eaton (107th – Phoenix).

The 1982 NBL season saw Green continue with the Bearcats, who made the NBL Grand Final against the Geelong Supercats. West Adelaide won their only NBL championship, winning 80–74 at the Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium in Newcastle. Green had a supreme season in his second year in Australia and was voted the NBL’s Most Valuable Player in 1982, but controversially was left out of the All NBL First team. It was the first of so far three times that the league MVP has not been selected in the All First team (Owen Wells in 1983 and Joe Hurst in 1988 being the others). During 1982, Green averaged 26.5 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. He also shot a career best 58.7% from the floor. During the year Al Green also gained selection to the first ever NBL All-Star Game played at the Apollo Stadium in April.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Al Green height 6 ft 2 in Al weight 172  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Al Green Dating?

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On 21 April 1985 during the 36ers home game against the Melbourne Tigers, with his 8th of an eventual 22 points for the game Al Green became the first player in NBL history to have scored 3,000 career points.

Facts & Trivia

Al Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Al Green celebrates birthday on September 3 of every year.

Al Green continued to play for the 36ers until the end of the 1990 NBL season. In that time, the team never made another Grand Final but finished the 1987 and 1988 regular seasons in first place. Following the 1990 season, and after 164 games for the 36ers, Al Green wasn’t re-signed by the club and he found a new home with the Newcastle Falcons.

What was Al Green first hit?

Al Green Gets Next to You (1970) launched his first hit single, “ Tired of Being Alone ,” which began a streak of four straight gold singles. Let’s Stay Together (1972) was his first genuine hit album, climbing to number eight on the pop charts; its title track became his first number one single.

Did Al Green write his songs?

TitleLook What You Done for Me

Written byAl Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr.
Originally byAl Green
Original date1972

Was Al Green popular?

Al Green, byname of Albert Greene, (born April 13, 1946, Forrest City, Arkansas, U.S.), American singer-songwriter who was the most popular performer of soul music in the 1970s.

Did Al Green get married?

Personal Life: Al Green married Shirley Kyles in 1977. The couple had three daughters together, namely Alva, Rubi and Kora.

Who is the best soul singer of all time?

1. Otis Redding. Like way too many of the soul legends on this list, Otis Redding died tragically young.
2. Marvin Gaye. …
3. Sam Cooke. …
4. Aretha Franklin. …
5. Ray Charles. …
6. Al Green. …
7. Stevie Wonder. …
8. James Brown. …