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| nationality = American / Australian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|09|03}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]],
| high_school = [[Maine Central Institute]]<br>([[Pittsfield, Maine]])
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| career_number = 15, 10
| career_position = [[Point guard]] / [[
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* [[List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders|NBL scoring champion]] ([[1984 NBL Finals|1984]])
* No. 15 [[Adelaide 36ers#Retired numbers|retired by Adelaide 36ers]]
* [[List of Philippine Basketball Association champions|PBA Reinforced champion]] ([[1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference
* [[Associated Press|AP]] Honorable Mention [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1979 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1979]])
* Third-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1974)
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'''Al Green''' (born 3 September 1953)<ref name=nagy>{{cite web|last=Nagy|first=Boti|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/adelaide-36ers-to-honour-greats-al-green-and-darryl-pearce-by-retiring-their-singlets/news-story/0f0f5ade6136508427a5c496a398771a|title=Adelaide 36ers to honour greats Al Green and Darryl Pearce by retiring their singlets|work=adelaidenow.com.au|date=13 November 2015|access-date=23 July 2022|url-access=subscription|quote=AL "Mean Machine" GREEN. Al Green in action against Canberra in 1989. Born: September 3, 1953, New York. Height: 188cm. NBL Career (1981-93).}}</ref> is an American-Australian former professional [[basketball]] player. He played [[college basketball]] for three different colleges and was drafted by the [[Phoenix Suns]] in [[1979 NBA draft|1979]]. He arrived in Australia in 1981 and had a successful career in the [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]] (NBL) until his retirement in 1993. He won two [[List of NBL champions|NBL championships]] in 1982 and
==Early life and college==
Green was born in [[New York City]]<ref name="nagy" /> and grew up in [[South Bronx]].<ref name=youtube>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxLhdPIt8MU|title=DARRYL PEARCE & AL GREEN GOLDEN ERA DOCO EXTRACTS|work=[[YouTube]]|date=12 November 2015|access-date=18 October 2016}}</ref> He attended [[Maine Central Institute]] in [[Pittsfield, Maine]], where he was a third-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] selection in 1974.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Haskell|title=Parade's All-American High School Basketball Team|date=31 March 1974|work=Parade|page=21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47784734/1974-parade-all-american/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate=2 April 2020}}</ref>
Green began his [[college basketball]] career at [[Arizona Western College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lsusports.net/sports/mb/roster/player/al-green/|title=#11 AL GREEN|work=lsusports.net|date=25 July 2019 |access-date=23 July 2022}}</ref> before playing two seasons for the [[NC State Wolfpack men's basketball|NC State Wolfpack]] between 1975 and 1977.<ref name=sports-reference>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/al-green-3.html|title=Al Green|work=sports-reference.com|access-date=23 July 2022}}</ref> After redshirting the 1977–78 season, he played his final college season in [[1978–79 LSU Tigers basketball team|1978–79]] for the [[LSU Tigers basketball|LSU Tigers]].<ref name="sports-reference" />
==Professional career==
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===NBL (1981–1993)===
In early 1981, Green moved to Australia to play for the [[West Adelaide Bearcats]] in the [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]] (NBL). He earned [[All-NBL Team|All-NBL First Team]] in his first season.<ref name=andthefoul>{{cite web|url=http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?Al%20Green|title=Al Green|work=andthefoul.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321180500/http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?Al%20Green|archive-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> Following the NBL season, he moved to the Philippines where he helped the [[Crispa Redmanizers]] win the [[1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference
Green returned to the Bearcats in [[1982 NBL season|1982]] and won the [[NBL Most Valuable Player Award]]. He helped the Bearcats reach the [[1982 NBL Finals|1982 NBL Grand Final]], where they defeated the [[Geelong Supercats]] to win the [[List of NBL champions|NBL championship]].<ref name="andthefoul" />
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