Thomas Johnson (American football coach)
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Biographical details | |
---|---|
Born |
(
1917-03-10
)
March 10, 1917
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
Died |
March 21, 2007
(2007-03-21)
(aged
90)
Silver Spring, Maryland , U.S. |
Alma mater | Springfield (MA) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1946 | New York Brown Bombers |
Baseball | |
1940 | Philadelphia Stars |
1950 | Indianapolis Clowns |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1953–1956 | Howard |
Baseball | |
1949 | Howard |
1957–1959 | Howard |
Administrative career ( AD unless noted) | |
1963 | Pittsburgh Pirates (scout) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
12–22–2 (football)
61–35 (baseball) |
Thomas Fairfax Johnson (March 10, 1917 – March 21, 2007), nicknamed " Lil Professor ", was a Negro league baseball player and American football coach. [1] He served as the head football coach at Howard University from 1953 to 1956. [2]
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Johnson received his undergraduate degree from Springfield College in 1940, and played for the Philadelphia Stars that summer, posting a 3–4 record over 41.1 innings. After serving in the USO during World War II , [ citation needed ] Johnson became a coach at Howard in 1946, and received a graduate degree from New York University in 1947. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1967, and served as a professor of physiology at Howard from 1962 to 1978. [3]
Johnson died in Silver Spring, Maryland in 2007 at age 90.
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs |
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Howard Bison ( Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association ) (1953–1956) | |||||
1953 | Howard | 3–5–1 | 3–5 | 8th | |
1954 | Howard | 2–6–1 | 0–5–1 | 17th | |
1955 | Howard | 3–6 | 2–4 | 12th | |
1956 | Howard | 4–5 | 1–5 | 16th | |
Howard: | 12–22–2 | 6–19–1 | |||
Total: | 12–22–2 |
References
- ↑ "Thomas Johnson" . Baseball-Reference . Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
- ↑ "Howard Professor Thomas Johnson" . Washington Post . March 25, 2007 . Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
- ↑ "Thomas Johnson" . nlbemuseum.com . Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
- Thomas Johnson at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
# denotes interim head coach |