John Henry Johnson
Position: FB-HB
Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 lbs.
Born: November 24, 1929 in Waterproof, LA
Died: June 3, 2011 in Tracy, CA
College: St. Mary's (CA), Arizona St. (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2nd round (18th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 71 (609th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1987, finalist in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986
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| All-Time Rank: #413. Dave Krieg… #414. London Fletcher… #415. Larry Csonka… #416. JOHN HENRY JOHNSON… #417. Wayne H. Walker… #418. Drew Pearson… #419. Wes Chandler… |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | AV | ||||||
| 1954* | 25 | SFO | LH | 35 | 12 | 129 | 681 | 9 | 38 | 5.3 | 56.8 | 10.8 | 28 | 183 | 6.5 | 0 | 34 | 2.3 | 15.3 | 864 | 9 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1955 | 26 | SFO | 35 | 7 | 19 | 69 | 1 | 12 | 3.6 | 9.9 | 2.7 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1956 | 27 | SFO | 35 | 12 | 80 | 301 | 2 | 54 | 3.8 | 25.1 | 6.7 | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 0 | 28 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 391 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1957 | 28 | DET | FB | 35 | 12 | 129 | 621 | 5 | 62 | 4.8 | 51.8 | 10.8 | 20 | 141 | 7.1 | 0 | 16 | 1.7 | 11.8 | 762 | 5 | 9 | 6 | |
| 1958 | 29 | DET | FB | 35 | 9 | 56 | 254 | 0 | 19 | 4.5 | 28.2 | 6.2 | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 0 | 18 | 0.8 | 6.7 | 314 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1959 | 30 | DET | 35 | 10 | 82 | 270 | 2 | 39 | 3.3 | 27.0 | 8.2 | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 1 | 18 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 304 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1960 | 31 | PIT | FB | 35 | 12 | 118 | 621 | 2 | 87 | 5.3 | 51.8 | 9.8 | 12 | 112 | 9.3 | 1 | 26 | 1.0 | 9.3 | 733 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1961 | 32 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 213 | 787 | 6 | 44 | 3.7 | 56.2 | 15.2 | 24 | 262 | 10.9 | 1 | 51 | 1.7 | 18.7 | 1049 | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1962* | 33 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 251 | 1141 | 7 | 40 | 4.5 | 81.5 | 17.9 | 32 | 226 | 7.1 | 2 | 18 | 2.3 | 16.1 | 1367 | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| 1963* | 34 | PIT | FB | 35 | 12 | 186 | 773 | 4 | 48 | 4.2 | 64.4 | 15.5 | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 1 | 26 | 1.8 | 12.1 | 918 | 5 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1964* | 35 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 235 | 1048 | 7 | 45 | 4.5 | 74.9 | 16.8 | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 1 | 21 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 1117 | 8 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1965 | 36 | PIT | 35 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 3.7 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1966 | 37 | HOU | 35 | 14 | 70 | 226 | 3 | 28 | 3.2 | 16.1 | 5.0 | 8 | 150 | 18.8 | 0 | 53 | 0.6 | 10.7 | 376 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Career | 143 | 1571 | 6803 | 48 | 87 | 4.3 | 47.6 | 11.0 | 186 | 1478 | 7.9 | 7 | 53 | 1.3 | 10.3 | 8281 | 55 | 48 | 87 | |||||
| 6 yrs | PIT | 67 | 0 | 1006 | 4381 | 26 | 87 | 4.4 | 65.4 | 15.0 | 106 | 814 | 7.7 | 6 | 51 | 1.6 | 12.1 | 5195 | 32 | 26 | 53 | |||
| 3 yrs | DET | 31 | 0 | 267 | 1145 | 7 | 62 | 4.3 | 36.9 | 8.6 | 34 | 235 | 6.9 | 1 | 18 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 1380 | 8 | 16 | 15 | |||
| 3 yrs | SFO | 31 | 0 | 228 | 1051 | 12 | 54 | 4.6 | 33.9 | 7.4 | 38 | 279 | 7.3 | 0 | 34 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 1330 | 12 | 6 | 14 | |||
| 1 yr | HOU | 14 | 0 | 70 | 226 | 3 | 28 | 3.2 | 16.1 | 5.0 | 8 | 150 | 18.8 | 0 | 53 | 0.6 | 10.7 | 376 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty |
| 1954* | 25 | SFO | LH | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | 26 | SFO | 35 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1956 | 27 | SFO | 35 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1957 | 28 | DET | FB | 35 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1958 | 29 | DET | FB | 35 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1959 | 30 | DET | 35 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 31 | PIT | FB | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 32 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1962* | 33 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1963* | 34 | PIT | FB | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1964* | 35 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 143 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 yrs | PIT | 67 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | DET | 31 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | SFO | 31 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954* | 25 | SFO | LH | 35 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 10 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 104.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1960 | 31 | PIT | FB | 35 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 35.0 | 15.0 | 1.3 | 158.3 | |||||||||
| 1961 | 32 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -22.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 143 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 25 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 15 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 0.2 | 56.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 yrs | PIT | 67 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 15 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 15 | 5.0 | -3.3 | 15.0 | 0.2 | 50.7 | |||||||||||
| 3 yrs | SFO | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 10 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 104.2 | 0 | 0 |
Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1954* | 25 | SFO | LH | 35 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 12.5 | 889 | ||||||
| 1955 | 26 | SFO | 35 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 81 | |||||||
| 1956 | 27 | SFO | 35 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 414 | |||||||
| 1961 | 32 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1060 | ||||||
| Career | 143 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 23 | 14.8 | 8346 | |||||
| 6 yrs | PIT | 67 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 5206 | ||||||||
| 3 yrs | SFO | 31 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 23 | 16.0 | 1384 | |||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954* | 25 | SFO | LH | 35 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 54 | |||||||||||
| 1955 | 26 | SFO | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1956 | 27 | SFO | 35 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | 28 | DET | FB | 35 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 1959 | 30 | DET | 35 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 31 | PIT | FB | 35 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 1961 | 32 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 1962* | 33 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 1963* | 34 | PIT | FB | 35 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1964* | 35 | PIT | FB | 35 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 1966 | 37 | HOU | 35 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 143 | 48 | 7 | 55 | 330 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | PIT | 67 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 32 | 192 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | DET | 31 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | SFO | 31 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 72 | |||||||||||||
| 1 yr | HOU | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
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All-Purpose Yds
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | NY Daily News |
| 1954 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |
| 1962 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1962 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1962 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | UPI |