Ron Greener
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronald Greener | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Easington, County Durham, England | ||
| Date of death | 19 October 2015 (aged 81) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Barnsley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19??–1952 | Easington CW | ||
| 1952–1955 | Newcastle United | 3 | (0) |
| 1955–1967 | Darlington | 442 | (5) |
| 1967–1969 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ronald "Ron" Greener (31 January 1934 – 19 October 2015) was an English footballer, who played as a centre half. Born in Easington, County Durham, he played his entire career in his native North-East. He started his career with Newcastle United, before he moved to Darlington in 1955. He spent most of his playing career with Darlington, and set the club's appearance record of 490 first-team appearances.
Greener worked as a blacksmith at Easington Colliery, and began his football career playing for Easington Colliery Welfare and for Barnsley at youth level, before joining Newcastle United as a professional in 1952. He made his first-team debut on 3 October 1953, in a 2–0 home defeat against Charlton Athletic in the First Division. He played only twice more for Newcastle before signing for Darlington in 1955. He immediately established himself in the first team, playing 132 consecutive games, a run which came to an end in February 1958 when he was snowbound at home, unable to join up with the team travelling to Workington. The run included the "thrashing" of Chelsea, Football League champions only three years earlier, in the Fourth Round of the 1957–58 FA Cup. After letting slip a three-goal lead at Stamford Bridge, Darlington won the replay 4–1 after extra time. His performances earned him selection for the Third Division North representative side to play against the South in April 1957.
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