Tim Green
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Timothy John Green is a former American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player as well as a radio and television personality. He was a linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

 and defensive end
Defensive end
Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...

 with the Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

 of the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

, a commentator for National Public Radio, the former host of the 2005 revival of A Current Affair on Fox, and a best-selling author.

Biography

Green was born in Liverpool, New York
Liverpool, New York
Liverpool is a village located in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 2,505 at the 2000 census. The name was adopted from the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom...

. He was adopted (and later wrote about this in his book A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search). He graduated from Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...

 in 1986 with a degree in English, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...

 in 2002. He was the Atlanta Falcons' first-round draft selection in 1986 and played for them through 1993. Finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship in 1987.

Green graduated from Syracuse University College of Law
Syracuse University College of Law
Syracuse University College of Law , founded in 1895, is a Juris Doctor degree-granting law school of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. It is one of only four law schools in Upstate New York Syracuse University College of Law (SUCOL), founded in 1895, is a Juris Doctor degree-granting law...

 in 1994. He has written suspense novels and other books and has served as a commentator for the NFL on Fox
NFL on FOX
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. His book Football Genius made The New York Times
The New York Times
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 best-seller list of children's chapter books. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/nyregion/27green.html?ref=nyregion

Tim Green is a practicing lawyer with the firm Hiscock & Barclay in New York State. He recently co-hosted "Find My Family" with Lisa Joyner
Lisa Joyner
Lisa Marie Joyner is an American entertainment reporter and television host.- Life and career :Joyner has reported on celebrity news in the Los Angeles area for KTTV and KCBS-TV. She first gained national recognition for her InFANity segments on the TV Guide Network. Joyner is married to Two and a...

 on ABC Television. http://abc.go.com/shows/find-my-family/bio/tim-green/338352

In January 2010, Green was named the varsity football coach at Skaneateles High School in Skaneateles, New York
Skaneateles, New York
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. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/skaneateles_school_board_hires.html

In December of the same year, Green was named a 2011 winner of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award
Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)
The Silver Anniversary Awards are given each year by the American National Collegiate Athletic Association to recognize six distinguished former student-athletes on their 25th anniversary as college graduates. The Silver Anniversary Awards were first given in 1973, when five distinguished former...

, given annually to six former NCAA student-athletes for distinguished career accomplishment on the 25th anniversary of their college graduation.

On November 1, 2011, Green submitted a letter of resignation to the Skaneateles school board after Section III Athletics suspended the team, citing player recriuitment violations by "unnamed Skaneateles coaches." Green told the media the players should not be punished, and he said he hoped his resignation would allow the team to resume play. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/tim_green_update.html

Fiction

  • 1996
    1996 in literature
    The year 1996 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is removed from an advanced placement English reading list in Lindale, Texas because it "conflicted with the values of the community."* In the United Kingdom, the first...

     Outlaws
  • 2000 The Letter of The Law (Warner Books)
  • 2002 The Fourth Perimeter (Warner Books)
  • 2003 The Fifth Angel
  • 2004 The First 48
  • 2005 Exact Revenge
  • 2006 Kingdom Come
  • 2009 American Outrage
  • 2007 Football Genius
  • 2009 Football Hero
  • 2009 Football Champ
  • 2009 Above The Law
  • 2009 Baseball Great
  • 2010 False Convictions
  • 2010 Rivals
  • 2010 The Big Time
  • 2011 Best of the best
  • 2011 Deep Zone

Non-fiction

  • 1997
    1997 in literature
    The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Tom Clancy signs a book deal with Pearson Custom Publishing and Penguin Putnam Inc. , giving him US$50 million for the world-English rights to two new books . A second agreement gives him another US$25 million for a...

     A Man and His Mother: An Adopted Son's Search
  • 1997
    1997 in literature
    The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Tom Clancy signs a book deal with Pearson Custom Publishing and Penguin Putnam Inc. , giving him US$50 million for the world-English rights to two new books . A second agreement gives him another US$25 million for a...

     The Dark Side of the Game: My Life in the NFL
  • 2003
    2003 in literature
    The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Peter Ackroyd - The Clerkenwell Tales*Atsuko Asano - No...

    The Road To The NFL
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