Clyde Johnson
No. 8, 49 | |
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Position: | Tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | Ashland, Kentucky, U.S. | August 22, 1917
Died: | Irvine, California, U.S. | September 14, 1997
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Weight: | 269 lb (122 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Ashland (Ashland, Kentucky) |
College: | Kentucky |
NFL draft: | 1943 / Round: 5 / Pick: 35 |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Clyde Elmer Johnson (August 22, 1917 – September 14, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats football team and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team tackle on the 1942 College Football All-America Team.[1] He was Kentucky's first All-American football player.[2]
At six feet, six inches, and 269 pounds, he was one of the largest football players of his day. He was drafted by the Cleveland Rams with the 35th pick in the 1943 NFL draft, but his professional debut was delayed during World War II. After the war, he played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Rams in 1946 and 1947 and for the Los Angeles Dons in 1948.[3]
Johnson served as the head football coach at East Los Angeles College from 1951 to 1961. He was the coach at East Los Angeles from 1949 to 1950.[4][5]
Johnson died in 1997 in Orange County, California, at age 80.[6]
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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East Los Angeles Huskies (Metropolitan Conference) (1951–1961) | |||||||||
1951 | East Los Angeles | 6–4 | 5–2 | 3rd | |||||
1952 | East Los Angeles | 7–1–2 | 5–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
1953 | East Los Angeles | 0–9–1 | 0–6–1 | 8th | |||||
1954 | East Los Angeles | 5–5 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
1955 | East Los Angeles | 6–3 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
1956 | East Los Angeles | 5–4 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
1957 | East Los Angeles | 6–3 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
1958 | East Los Angeles | 3–6 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
1959 | East Los Angeles | 1–8 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
1960 | East Los Angeles | 5–4 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
1961 | East Los Angeles | 1–7–1 | 1–5–1 | 7th | |||||
East Los Angeles: | 45–54–4 | 31–43–3 | |||||||
Total: | 45–54–4 |
References
[edit]- ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1187. ISBN 1401337031.
- ^ "Jenkins: Coach of Champions". The Evening Independent. June 8, 1963.
- ^ "Clyde Johnson". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
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- ^ Death record for Clyde E Johnson, born 22 August 1917, Kentucky, died 14 September 1997, Orange. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940–1997 [database on-line].
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Clyde Johnson at Find a Grave
- 1917 births
- 1997 deaths
- American football tackles
- East Los Angeles Huskies football coaches
- Cleveland Rams players
- Fort Benning Doughboys football players
- Kentucky Wildcats football players
- Los Angeles Dons players
- Sportspeople from Ashland, Kentucky
- Coaches of American football from Kentucky
- Players of American football from Kentucky
- American football offensive lineman, 1910s birth stubs