- Stone Johnson
Infobox Pro Football player
DateOfBirth=April 26 ,1940
Birthplace=Dallas, Texas
DateOfDeath=death date and age|1963|09|8|1940|04|26
College=Grambling
Position=Running back
AFLDraftedYear=1963
AFLDraftedRound=
Retired #s=Kansas City Chiefs #33
years=1963
teams=AFLKansas City Chiefs
Stats=
DatabaseFootball=
PFR=Stone Edward Johnson (
April 26 ,1940 —September 8 ,1963 ) was an Olympic sprinting athlete andAmerican football kick returner /running back for theKansas City Chiefs .On
August 30 ,1963 , therookie Johnson, a sprinter in the1960 Summer Olympics inRome , suffered a fracturedvertebra in his neck in a preseason game with theOakland Raiders inWichita, Kansas . He died 10 days later, onSeptember 8 at the age of 23. Although he was never on the team's active roster during a season his jersey number 33 was retired. [cite web
title =Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame
publisher =Kansas City Chiefs
url =http://www.kcchiefs.com/hall_of_fame/
accessdate = 2007-07-31 ]ee also
*Other American Football League players
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