C. B. Johnston

{{Short description|American athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = C. B. Johnston

| image = C B Johnson.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Johnston pictured in The Rhododendron 1933, Appalachian State yearbook

| birth_date = c. 1895

| birth_place = Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = after 1933

| death_place =

| alma_mater =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = {{Circa|1924}}

| coach_team2 = Greensboro HS (NC)

| coach_years3 = 1925–1928

| coach_team3 = Clarkson

| coach_years4 = 1929–1932

| coach_team4 = Appalachian State

| coach_sport5 = Baseball

| coach_years6 = 1931

| coach_team6 = Appalachian State

| admin_years1 = 1929–1933

| admin_team1 = Appalachian State

| overall_record = 26–9–7 (college football, Appalachian State only)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = Football
1 North State Conference (1931)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Clement Bernard "Johnnie" Johnston Sr. (born {{Circa|1895}}, missing 1933) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the second head football coach at Appalachian State Teachers College—now known as Appalachian State University—located in Boone, North Carolina, serving from 1929 to 1932.{{cite book|editor=Mike Flynn|title=Appalachian Football 2009 Media Guide|chapter=History and Traditions: All-Time Coaching Records|url=http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&KEY=&ATCLID=204766056|publisher=Appalachian Sports Information|format=PDF|year=2009|page=184|access-date=2009-11-16|archive-date=2012-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310141804/http://www.goasu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&KEY=&ATCLID=204766056|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.clydejohnston.com/granddad.htm |title=Searching for Grandfather Clement Bernard "Johnnie" Johnston |publisher=Clydejohnston.com |date= |accessdate=January 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410034502/http://www.clydejohnston.com/granddad.htm |archive-date=April 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }} He played varsity football, basketball and baseball at Wake Forest University, earning letters in all three sports.{{cite web|url=http://library.digitalnc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/yearbooks&CISOPTR=769&CISOBOX=1&REC=2 |title=The Rhododendron [1929] | DigitalNC Library |publisher=Library.digitalnc.org |date= |accessdate=January 21, 2012}} In addition to coaching at Appalachian State, he also held a coaching position at Clarkson University, for which he was trained at a coaching school at Bucknell University under Fielding H. Yost. He is the grandfather of Cathy Johnston-Forbes.{{cite web|url=http://www.clydejohnston.com/cathyjf.htm |title=Cathy Johnston-Forbes, LPGA Tour Player |publisher=Clydejohnston.com |date= |accessdate=January 21, 2012}}

Disappearance

In 1933, Johnston sent a postcard to his wife from Zanesville, Ohio, stating that he was on his way to Chicago, Illinois to publish a book after being fired as head football coach of Appalachian State Teachers College the previous year. No one heard from him after that.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydejohnston.com/granddad.htm |title=Searching for Grandfather Clement Bernard "Johnnie" Johnston |publisher=Clydejohnston.com |date= |accessdate=January 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410034502/http://www.clydejohnston.com/granddad.htm |archive-date=April 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }}