Ken-Green-Obituary

Ken Green

Pebble Beach, California

1928 - 2020

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Ken Green1928-2020Pebble BeachKenneth "Ken" Gordon Green passed away peacefully on September 6, 2020, in Carmel, CA. Ken was an artist, a trainer, a top athlete, and a charming curmudgeon. Born in Oakland in 1928, he worked through a myriad of careers bringing him to Monterey in the 1950s. He...

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I just learned Ken passed . I knew him through tennis at Pebble Beach when I was a junior years ago He played a lot of tennis with my father Jack Bowker and Yvon Nopeir .
He also taught a marine biology class as well as tennis at my 9th grade summer school at RLS in 1966 about . . He could do 150 push ups in less than 15 seconds I think .
As a kid I idealized this guy because of his physicality . And he was a friend of Mr .EastWood .
Ken did finally win doubles at the Clint...

every time I hear or see a tennis ball being hit or a gruff "Lehman" from behind, I think of the years of tennis and people we played- always the Del Monte Centennial champions - great win over Proulx and Hopkins- made our day

Ken and I had a great win at the Del Monte centennial over Steve Proulx and Ali Moezzi. A lovely chip.lib by KG win the match. Greg

I played tennis with Ken 50 years ago. He was a fierce competitor. Until I read his obituary I didn't realize how much older he was than me at the time, he was in that good shape. He was a character.