Curley Johnson

{{Short description|American football player (1935–2016)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Curley Johnson

| image =

| number = 33, 20

| position = Punter

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|07|2}}

| birth_place = Anna, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|6|12|1935|07|2}}

| death_place = Granbury, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 215

| high_school =

| college = Houston

| draftyear = 1957

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 77

| pastteams =

• Dallas Texans (1960)
• New York Titans/Jets (1961–1968)
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1969}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (III)
• AFL champion (1968)
• AFL All-Star (1965)

| pfr = J/JohnCu20

}}

John Curley Johnson (July 2, 1935 – June 12, 2016) was an American football punter who played in the American Football League (AFL) for the Dallas Texans and the New York Titans / Jets. He was part of the Jets team that won Super Bowl III. He also played one season for the National Football League (NFL)'s New York Giants. He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas. Johnson played college football at the University of Houston and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1957 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He died in 2016 at his home in Granbury, Texas.[http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/article-9/Top-Jets-Punter-Curley-Johnson-No-33-Dies/3b13b805-492c-42c1-b8e6-7853b7e5fc14 New York Jets "Top Jets punter Curley Johnson dies"]