Tassie Johnson

Infobox afl player | firstname = Tassie
lastname = Johnson




birthdate = 2 December 1937
birthplace =
originalteam = North Launceston
heightweight = 189 cm / 89 kg
dead =
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = 1959
debutteam = Melbourne
debutopponent =
debutstadium =
playingteams = Melbourne (1959-69)
* 202 games, 20 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 1969
careerhighlights =

* Premiership player 1959, 1960, 1964
* Club captain 1969
* Represented Australia in "The Galahs" Australian Football World Tour 1968
* Full-back in Melbourne's Team of the Century

Robert 'Tassie' Johnson (born 2 December 1937) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL during the 1960s. He was known by his nickname Tassie as there were two other Johnsons at the club at the time he was recruited from North Launceston in Tasmania.

Johnson was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1959, 1960 and 1964. He captained the club during the 1969 season but they finished in last place.

In 1971 he was captain-coach of Box Hill in the VFA.

In 2004 he was named at full back in both Melbourne and Tasmania's 'Team of the Century'.

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