:Johnny Counts

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1939–2004)}}

{{redirect|John Counts|the American academic administrator|John E. Counts}}

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{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

| name = Johnny Counts

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|02|28}}

| birth_place = Mount Pleasant, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|2|21|1939|02|28}}

| death_place = Newburgh, New York{{cite web |title=Johnny Counts |url= https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-countjoh001 |website= Stats Crew |accessdate=26 September 2018}}

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| position1 = RB

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 170

| college = Illinois

| AFLDraftedYear = 1962

| AFLDraftedRound = 24

| AFLDraftedPick = 189

| AFLDraftedTeam = New York Titans

| playing_years1 = 1962–63

| playing_team1 = New York Giants

| playing_years2 = 1964–65

| playing_team2 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| playing_years3 = 1966

| playing_team3 = Toronto Argonauts

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Johnny E. Counts Jr. (February 28, 1939 – February 21, 2004) was a professional football player and running back in the NFL and the Canadian Football League (CFL).{{cite web |title=Johnny Counts |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CounJo00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |accessdate=26 September 2018}}

Education and career

Counts was an All-County running back at New Rochelle High School in 1957.{{cite web |title=New Rochelle Sports Hall of Fame |url=http://www.nrshof.com/1989.html |website=New Rochelle High School |accessdate=26 September 2018}} He attended the University of Illinois, where he was selected as a Big Ten "Sophomore of the Year" in 1960.

In the 1962 National Football League draft he was selected in round 24 and 189th overall by the New York Giants.

He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts. He played with the Tiger-Cats from 1964 to 1965, during which he scored a touchdown in the 52nd Grey Cup, in which the BC Lions beat Hamilton 34–24.{{cite book |last1=Januska |first1=Michael |title=Grey Cup Century |date=2012 |publisher=Dundurn |location=Toronto, Ontario |isbn=9781459704503 |page=140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Ijuej0rW1oC&pg=PA140 |accessdate=26 September 2018}}{{cite web |title=Football in Canada – 1964 |url=http://www.packershistory.net/1964PACKERS-YEAR-CFL.html |website=PackersHistory.net |accessdate=26 September 2018 |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205833/http://www.packershistory.net/1964PACKERS-YEAR-CFL.html |url-status=dead }} 53rd Grey Cup champion (1965) He played for the Argonauts in 1966.

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