Jimmy Johnson
Stockbridge-Munsee football player, coach and dentist.
About Jimmy Johnson
Lived 1879 – 1942 (aged 62). Jimmy Johnson was an American american football player, dentist and american football coach.
James E. Johnson (June 6, 1879 – January 19, 1942) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
Biography Johnson was born on June 6, 1879, in Edgerton, Wisconsin. Johnson, one-half Stockbridge Indian, attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1899 to 1903, where he starred on the Carlisle football team. Coached by Pop Warner, the team was composed entirely of American Indian students and was a true national powerhouse in the early 20th century. In 1903, Walter Camp named Johnson as the All-American quarterback.
Johnson was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
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Who was Jimmy Johnson?
Stockbridge-Munsee football player, coach and dentist. (1879-1942)
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Jimmy Johnson was born on 6 June 1879 in Edgerton.
When did Jimmy Johnson die?
Jimmy Johnson died on 19 January 1942 in Rochester.
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Jimmy Johnson was an american football player, dentist and american football coach.
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Jimmy Johnson was American.
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· DBpedia: Jimmy Johnson (quarterback)
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