Ernie Green
Ernest E. Green
Born: October 15, 1938
Columbus, GA USA
Position: HB-FB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 205
College: Louisville
High School: William Henry Spencer (Columbus, GA)
Career: 1962-1968
Drafted: 1962 in Round 14, #196 overall by the Green Bay Packers
Ernie Green played from 1962 to 1968 during his career with the Cleveland Browns. Green ran for 3,204 yards in his career on 668 attempts, scoring 15 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 195 passes for 2,036 yards and 20 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 31 | 139 | 4.5 | 45 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 87 | 526 | 6.0 | 72 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 109 | 491 | 4.5 | 37 | 6 |
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 111 | 436 | 3.9 | 41 | 2 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 144 | 750 | 5.2 | 35 | 3 |
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 145 | 710 | 4.9 | 59 | 4 |
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 41 | 152 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 668 | 3204 | 4.8 | 72 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 17 | 194 | 11.4 | 65 | 1 |
| 1963 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 28 | 305 | 10.9 | 35 | 3 |
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 25 | 283 | 11.3 | 32 | 4 |
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 25 | 298 | 11.9 | 69 | 2 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 45 | 445 | 9.9 | 31 | 6 |
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 39 | 369 | 9.5 | 41 | 2 |
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 16 | 142 | 8.9 | 62 | 2 |
| Totals | 195 | 2036 | 10.4 | 69 | 20 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 10 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 55 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 110 | 10.0 | 55 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 13 | 250 | 19.2 | 41 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 18 | 394 | 21.9 | 34 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 648 | 20.2 | 41 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1963 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 5 | -5 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1962 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 1963 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 8 | 0 |
