Jimmy Johnson American football player

James Earl Johnson (born March 31, 1938 in Dallas, Texas) is a former American football cornerback who played for the San Francisco 49ers. In 1994, he was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played both offense and defense as a college football player at UCLA where he was also a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity and the school's Athletic Hall of Fame (1992). His brother is Rafer Johnson, an Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist.

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Jimmy Johnson
Birth dateMarch 31, 1938
Birth place
Dallas

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American football player

Career start1961
Career end1976
Debut team
San Francisco 49ers
Draft pick6
Draft round1
Draft year1961
Position
Cornerback
teams
San Francisco 49ers

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