John William Green (28 August 1887 - 6 May 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL),^[1] and for the Brighton Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).^[2]

The son of Thomas Henry Green (1850-1925),^[3] and Jane Green (1859-1936), née Wilson,^[4][5] John William Green was born at Birregurra, Victoria, on 28 August 1887.

He married Jessie May Battle (1887–1959), in Collingwood, on 6 February 1915.^[6]

John William Green is one of four Jack Green's to have played VFL/AFL football; the others are:

• John Joseph Patrick "Jack" Green (1905–1960), not a relative, who played 126 games with Carlton and Hawthorn from 1929 to 1936.
• Jack Taylor Green (1919–1981), his son, who played 127 games with Collingwood from 1938 to 1949.
• Jack William Green (1947-), his grandson, who played 18 games with Collingwood from 1967 to 1969.

Green played two games for Geelong in 1908.

After two seasons out of the VFL, Green was granted a clearance from Geelong on 17 May 1911,^[7] and he went on to play for Collingwood from 1911 to 1918.^[8]

Green played in four Grand Finals for Collingwood: the 6 point loss to Essendon in 1911, the 33 point loss to Carlton in 1915, the 35 point win over Fitzroy in 1917, and the 5 point loss to South Melbourne in 1918.

In 1919 he was appointed captain-coach of Brighton in the VFA.^[9][10]

He died at Kew East, Victoria on 6 May 1963.^[11]

• 1914 Sydney Carnival

• Jack Green's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Jack Green at AustralianFootball.com
• "Green, Jack _Bri21" at The VFA Project.
• Jack Green Snr, at Collingwood Forever.