William Oliver Greene ( â 28 September 1979) was a British field hockey player who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
In 1943, Greene joined the Royal Engineers. He was a warrant officer at the School of Military Engineering in Ripon. In 1946, Greene played club hockey for the School of Military Engineering in Ripon and represented Yorkshire at county level, making his debut in 1946 and would later represent the North, the Army and Combined Services.
He made his England debut against Wales in 1948 and would win 11 caps. He was selected for the Olympic Trial and subsequently represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, winning a silver medal, although he had to settle for being an unused substitute.
After transferring to Chatham in 1950, he would play club hockey for Gravesend. Another transfer resulted in progress to becoming regimental sergeant major and playing for Brighton, then Chichester and Sussex until 1957. He settled in Sussex where he was a resident of Seaford College, East Lavington, Petworth, working as the CCF contingent commander. He died there on 28 September 1979.