Gary Green​

Gary Green has one of the most notable professional sports careers of any San Antonio athlete. For nine seasons, he was regarded as one of the best defensive backs in the National Football League, making the All-Pro Team seven times and playing in four Pro Bowls. He was the number one pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1977 and played every game for seven seasons. He earned team MVP honors in 1982. ​

Green graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1973 and signed a football scholarship from Baylor University where he was named a consensus All-American in his senior year. He was inducted into the Baylor University Football Hall of Fame in 1989. He spent two seasons with the Los Angeles Rams before retiring in 1985 after a neck injury.  ​

Following his professional career, he toured the nation presenting motivational speeches to youth of all ages, and in 1994 returned to football as a coach in the San Antonio public high school system. ​