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Enshrined in 1977 … 1931 Suffern H.S. graduate … exceptional athlete, winning coach, dedicated and pioneering athletic director at Suffern High and Rockland Community College … at Suffern, he was All-County two years each in football, basketball and baseball, and lettered in track as well … he led the Mounties to the 1930 Rockland PSAL football title, and his dramatic three-run homer lifted Suffern to a 9-7 victory over Nyack to clinch the county baseball title … at Springfield College, he played four years of football, basketball and baseball, and made second-team All-New England in basketball in ‘34 … as a coach at Suffern, he led the football team to four straight undefeated seasons from 1938 to ‘41 … Greene also piloted the Mounties to the county basketball title in 1946, the baseball championship in 1939, ‘40 and ‘41, and the county track meet crown in 1937 … in 1959, Greene became Rockland Community College’s first athletic director … he started a basket-ball team at RCC, then introduced baseball, soccer and wrestling to the pro-gram … he coached baseball and basketball at RCC from 1959 to ‘65, was athletic director until 1970, and set up a scholarship fund at the college to help students who were interested in a career in physical education … Greene also played semipro basketball from 1935 to ‘42 for such teams as the Nyack Arrows, Spring Valley Bengals, St. Ann’s of Nyack and the Hillburn Fire Department.