Clyde Johnson
{{Short description|American football player (1917–1997)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Clyde Johnson
| number = 8, 49
| position = Tackle
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|8|22}}
| birth_place = Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date|1997|9|14|1917|8|22}}
| death_place = Irvine, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb = 269
| high_school = Ashland (Ashland, Kentucky)
| college = Kentucky
| draftyear = 1943
| draftround = 5
| draftpick = 35
| pastteams =
- Cleveland Rams ({{NFL Year|1946|1947}})
- Los Angeles Dons ({{NFL Year|1948}})
| pastcoaching =
- East Los Angeles (1949–1950)
Line coach - East Los Angeles (1951–1961)
Head coach
| highlights =
- First-team All-American (1942)
- First-team All-SEC (1942)
| statleague = NFL/AAFC
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 32
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 = 1
| pfr = JohnCl20
}}
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.{{cite book|title=ESPN College Football Encyclopedia|page=1187|publisher=ESPN Books|year=2005|isbn=1401337031}} He was Kentucky's first All-American football player.{{cite news|title=Jenkins: Coach of Champions|newspaper=The Evening Independent|date=June 8, 1963|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19630608&id=GeIuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=61YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7367,1009588}}
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.{{cite web|title=Clyde Johnson|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|accessdate=February 3, 2015|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnCl20.htm}}
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.{{cite news |author= |title=Meet the Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/147470783/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California |date=October 2, 1955 |page=6, part VI |access-date=May 15, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=New Coach At East L. A. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-pilot/147470822/ |newspaper=News-Pilot |location=San Pedro, California |date=December 5, 1961 |page=10 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Johnson died in 1997 in Orange County, California, at age 80.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].
Head coaching record
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = East Los Angeles Huskies
| conf = Metropolitan Conference
| startyear = 1951
| endyear = 1961
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1951
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 7–1–2
| conference = 5–1–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 0–9–1
| conference = 0–6–1
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 5–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1957
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 1–6
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1959
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 1–8
| conference = 0–7
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1961
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 1–7–1
| conference = 1–5–1
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = East Los Angeles
| overall = 45–54–4
| confrecord = 31–43–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 45–54–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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External links
- {{Footballstats |nfl=clyde-johnson-2 |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=J/JohnCl20 |rotoworld= }}
- {{Find a Grave|237417472}}
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{{Cleveland Rams 1943 draft navbox}}
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Category:East Los Angeles Huskies football coaches
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Category:Fort Benning Doughboys football players
Category:Kentucky Wildcats football players
Category:Los Angeles Dons players
Category:Sportspeople from Ashland, Kentucky
Category:Coaches of American football from Kentucky
Category:Players of American football from Kentucky
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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