Johnny Barrett (American football)

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{{Short description|American football player (1895–1974)}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Johnny Barrett

|birth_date={{birth date|1895|8|29}}

|birth_place=

|death_date= March 1974 (aged 78)

|height_ft=5

|height_in=9

|weight_lbs=195

|position=Halfback

|high_school=Oak Park (IL)

|college=Washington & Lee

|pastteams=

• Chicago Tigers (1920)

}}

John Barrett (August 29, 1895 – March 1974){{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/record/39095258/social-security-death-index-john-barrett|title=John Barrett|access-date=December 28, 2020}} was an American football player.{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BARREJOH01 |title=Johnny Barrett Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com |accessdate=March 4, 2016 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410084332/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BARREJOH01 |archivedate=April 10, 2016 }} He played college football as a prominent halfback for the Washington & Lee Generals, once running 90 yards on Cornell.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4511966/the_marion_star/|author=Grantland Rice|author-link=Grantland Rice|title=The Sport Light|date=November 30, 1915|page=8|work=The Marion Star|accessdate=March 4, 2016|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} In 1920 he played for the Chicago Tigers in the inaugural season of the National Football League, then known as the APFA.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R_CYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA188|title = War Football: World War I and the Birth of the NFL|isbn = 9781538124857|last1 = Serb|first1 = Chris|date = June 26, 2019| publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}