Stone Johnson
Appearance
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No. 33 | |
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Position: | Running back |
Personal information | |
Born: | April 26, 1940 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Died: | September 8, 1963 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. | (aged 23)
Career information | |
College: | Grambling State |
AFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 14 / Pick: 105 |
Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stone Edward Johnson (April 26, 1940 — September 8, 1963) was an American sprinter and professional football player. He played as a kick returner and running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) during the 1963 preseason.
On August 30, 1963, the rookie Johnson, a 200 meter track finalist in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and former world record holder, suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck in a preseason game against the Houston Oilers in Wichita, Kansas during a kickoff return. He died 10 days later, on September 8, at the age of 23.[1] Although he was only on the team's active roster during preseason, his jersey number 33 was retired.[2][3]
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- ^ "Stone Johnson dies of broken neck". The Baltimore Afro-American. September 14, 1963. p. 23. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ "Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame". Kansas City Chiefs. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ "Chiefs History: 1960's". Kansas City Chiefs. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
Categories:
- 1940 births
- 1963 deaths
- Track and field athletes from Dallas
- Players of American football from Dallas
- American football running backs
- Grambling State Tigers football players
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Kansas City Chiefs players
- Sports deaths in Kansas
- American male sprinters
- American Football League players
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- National Football League players with retired numbers
- American football running back, 1940s birth stubs