Ron Johnson

Ronald F. Johnson (July 20, 1938 – February 1, 2015) was an American National Basketball Association (NBA) player. Johnson played at New Prague High School where he became Minnesota's first boys’ high school basketball player to score 2,000 career points (2,190) when he graduated in 1956.

As a junior at the University of Minnesota, Johnson was selected to the Associated Press (AP) All-American third team. In his senior season, Ron was selected to the NABC All-American third team. He played in the east–west college all-star game at New York City's Madison Square Garden in 1960. Johnson finished his collegiate career with 1,335 points (19.7 points per game average).

Johnson, who was an attorney in St. Cloud, Minnesota, died of an aneurysm on February 1, 2015. He was 76.

Career statistics

NBA Source

Regular season Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG Detroit 6 10.0 .367 .643 2.3 .2 5.2 L.A. Lakers 8 5.4 .154 .667 1.9 .1 .8Career 14 7.4 .302 .647 2.1 .1 2.6