 Green settled in the town of Eastleigh where he held numerous jobs until finally finding more stable employment with Eastleigh Railway Works, a repair facility for trains and carriages.He also trained as a boxer and long distance runner in his spare time until he was encouraged by a blind friend to take up the sport of racewalking.He entered – and won – his first race at the age of 32 in 1926 and soon thereafter joined the Belgrave Harriers.