Charlie Green was Wittenberg's starting quarterback from 1962 through 1964 and never lost a game.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - Forty years after his glorious
three-year run as starting quarterback for the Wittenberg
University Tiger football team, Charlie Green '65 will be
immortalized in the College Football Hall of Fame. He becomes the
fourth Wittenberg athlete/coach to be elected by the National
Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame into its South Bend,
Ind. shrine, following in the footsteps of Ernie Godfrey, Bill
Edwards and Dave Maurer.
Green was one of Wittenberg's greatest football players and
the leader of several of its finest teams. The starter under center
from 1962-64, Green guided Wittenberg to three straight Ohio
Athletic Conference championships, the No. 1 ranking in the nation
in the Associated Press College Division poll twice and a
phenomenal 25-0-1 record.
A native of West Milton, Ohio, Green was an All-America
selection and OAC Most Valuable Offensive Player as a senior in
1964 after leading the conference in passing yards, passing yards
per game, touchdown passes and total offense for a second straight
season. He established 14 OAC records and had a pass efficiency
rating of 189.0 in 1963, a mark that still ranks among the top 10
in NCAA history. Green finished his career ranked first in
Wittenberg history with 5,575 passing yards and 61 touchdown passes
- marks no one has even approached before or since.
After graduating in 1965 with a degree in education, Green
played professional football fo four seasons with the Boston
Patriots and Oakland Raiders. Green, whose son Tyler was a major
league baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Phillies, was also
the team MVP of the baseball team and a basketball letterwinner
while at Wittenberg.
Green, who resides in Denver, Colo., will be inducted as a
member of the Divisional Hall of Fame, which includes players and
coaches from NCAA Divisions I-AA, II and III and NAIA. The class of
2002, which includes Tony Blazine of Illinois Wesleyan, Harry
Carson of South Carolina State, Rod Cason of Angelo State, Kenny
Gamble of Colgate, Brent Jones of Santa Clara, Chris Ault of
Nevada, Marcelino Huerta of Tampa, Wichita State and Parsons, and
Fred Martinelli of Ashland, will be inducted Aug. 9-10 in South
Bend.
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