Background
Green is a 1969 graduate of Central Bucks High School in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where he was a linebacker and kicker. He is a 1973 graduate of the University of Delaware, where he received a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. Prior to his NFL career, from 1985 to 1990 Green was a Judiciary Committee staff person under then-Senator Joe Biden. In 1994, Green, a resident of Alexandria, Virginia, co-founded the Lafayette Group, a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm that focuses on public safety; as of 2008 the firm employs 50 people.
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