Ernie Green
Ernie Green real name - Ernest Green (born October 15, 1938 in Columbus, Georgia) was a former fullback for the Cleveland Browns American football team in the National Football League.
Early years
Favre was raised in Columbus, Georgia, and attended Spencer High School there.
College
Green attended Louisville College.
Green Bay Packers
Green was originally drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1962 as a running back.
Cleveland Browns
Retirement and Business Interests
Green retired from football in 1968.
Breast Cancer
Green was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 after finding a small lump in his chest. He underwent a mastectomy in September, 2005 and endured eight sessions of chemotherapy which ended in March, 2006.
Green has become a breast cancer activist to educate other men about the disease and how it can affect them personally. Green's two older sisters were diagnosed with breast cancer, and one of them died from the disease after it returned.
Green stated that along with most men, he thought of the disease as only affecting women until he was personally diagnosed with it.
Green received treatment from Dr. Robert Shenk, a breast surgeon at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland.
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