Donald Gregg Adams GREENWOOD

1921 - 1983  (62 years)

• Name	Donald Gregg Adams GREENWOOD
  Born	18 Feb 1921	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
  Gender	Male
  Education	MA, Psychology, IL State University
  Noteworthy	Player with Cleveland Browns
  Occupation	Football player
  Military Event	WWII - US Army Air Corps
  Military Flag	Y
  Cause of Death	Hypertension, cirrhosis of the liver, esophageal varices, Myocardial infarction secondary to coronary artery disease.
  Cremated	1983
  Died	Mar 1983	Stark, Princeville, Illinois
  Person ID	I33119	Main
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Frederick Arthur GREENWOOD,   d. ?
  Mother	Ruth Elaine ADAMS,   b. 24 Jun 1896, Kentucky ,   d. Jan 1973, Houston, Harris, Texas  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F11299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jean KORITZ,   b. 6 Mar 1923, Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois ,   d. 13 Feb 1990, Stark, Princeville, Illinois  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F11298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A member of the original Cleveland Browns, and college All-Star with the University of Illinois football team, Don Greenwood retired from professional football due to injuries in the late 1940s. He then coached at Western Reserve University in Ohio, and Yale University in New Haven, CT. In 1950 he moved his family to Peoria, Illinois where he and his wife established a private pre-school and summer camp and later a Montessori elementary school. He died in 1983. His wife continued its operation for another year or two before she retired. Served briefly in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was medically discharged due to a back injury sustained in the course of training.