Clyde Johnson

Clyde Johnson
No. 8, 49
Position:	Tackle
Personal information
Born:	August 22, 1917; Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.
Died:	September 14, 1997; Irvine, California, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:	269 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school:	Ashland (Ashland, Kentucky)
College:	Kentucky
NFL draft:	1943 / round: 5 / pick: 35
Career history
As a player:
	Cleveland Rams (1946–1947); Los Angeles Dons (1948);
As a coach:
	East Los Angeles (1949–1950); Line coach; East Los Angeles (1951–1961); Head coach;
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (1942); First-team All-SEC (1942);

Clyde Elmer Johnson (August 22, 1917 – September 14, 1997) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats football team and was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team tackle on the 1942 College Football All-America Team.^[1] He was Kentucky's first All-American football player.^[2]

At six feet, six inches, and 269 pounds, he was one of the largest football players of his day. He was drafted by the Cleveland Rams with the 35th pick in the 1943 NFL draft, but his professional debut was delayed during World War II. After the war, he played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Rams in 1946 and 1947 and for the Los Angeles Dons in 1948.^[3]

Johnson served as the head football coach at East Los Angeles College from 1951 to 1961. He was the coach at East Los Angeles from 1949 to 1950.^[4]^[5]

Johnson died in 1997 in Orange County, California, at age 80.^[6]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
East Los Angeles Huskies (Metropolitan Conference) (1951–1961)
1951	East Los Angeles	6–4	5–2	3rd
1952	East Los Angeles	7–1–2	5–1–1	T–2nd
1953	East Los Angeles	0–9–1	0–6–1	8th
1954	East Los Angeles	5–5	4–3	T–3rd
1955	East Los Angeles	6–3	4–3	4th
1956	East Los Angeles	5–4	4–3	T–4th
1957	East Los Angeles	6–3	4–3	4th
1958	East Los Angeles	3–6	1–6	7th
1959	East Los Angeles	1–8	0–7	8th
1960	East Los Angeles	5–4	3–4	5th
1961	East Los Angeles	1–7–1	1–5–1	7th
East Los Angeles:		45–54–4	31–43–3
Total:		45–54–4

References

^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1187. ISBN 1401337031.
^ "Jenkins: Coach of Champions". The Evening Independent. June 8, 1963.
^ "Clyde Johnson". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
^ "Meet the Coach". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 2, 1955. p. 6, part VI. Retrieved May 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "New Coach At East L. A." News-Pilot. San Pedro, California. December 5, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved May 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Death record for Clyde E Johnson, born 22 August 1917, Kentucky, died 14 September 1997, Orange. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940–1997 [database on-line].