Johnny Fuller

{{Short description|American football player (born 1946)}}

{{About||the 20th century blues singer and guitarist of this name|Johnny Fuller (musician)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|3|3}}

| birth_place = Beaumont, Texas, U.S.

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| position1 = Safety

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| college = Lamar

| NFLDraftedYear = 1968

| NFLDraftedRound = 4 / Pick 98

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| playing_years1 = 1968–1972

| playing_team1 = San Francisco 49ers

| playing_years2 = 1973–1975

| playing_team2 = New Orleans Saints

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John Charles Fuller (born March 3, 1946) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears.

Playing college football for the Lamar Cardinals, Fuller made all-conference three years and as a senior was named a small college all-American. He also lettered in track four years and was a qualifier in the decathlon for the 1968 U. S. Olympic trials.{{cite news |title=Fuller |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39734363/johnny_fuller/ |accessdate=November 28, 2019 |work=The Press Democrat |date=August 22, 1992 |location=California, Santa Rosa |page=22|via = Newspapers.com}}

Fuller was an assistant coach at Lamar University for six years, leaving there in 1986. In 1992, he became head football coach at Mendocino College.{{cite news |last1=Leef |first1=Ralph |title=A new direction: Fuller takes aim at Mendocino |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39733770/johnny_fuller/ |accessdate=November 28, 2019 |work=The Press Democrat |date=August 24, 1992 |location=California, Santa Rosa |page=17|via = Newspapers.com}}

Fuller and his wife, Sharon, have two sons.