Thomas Johnson (American football coach)
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | March 10, 1917
Died | March 21, 2007 Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 90)
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
- Thomas Johnson at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
- 1917 births
- 2007 deaths
- Howard Bison baseball coaches
- Howard Bison football coaches
- Indianapolis Clowns players
- Philadelphia Stars players
- Pittsburgh Pirates scouts
- College swimming coaches in the United States
- Howard University faculty
- Springfield College alumni
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia
- Players of American football from Philadelphia
- African-American baseball coaches
- African-American coaches of American football
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American sportspeople