Skinny Johnson

{{short description|American basketball player and coach}}

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| name = Skinny Johnson

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| career_position = Center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|8|16}}

| birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|2|5|1911|8|16}}

| death_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.

| high_school = Central (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

| college = Kansas (1930–1933)

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| highlights =

• AAU National champion (1935)
• First-team All-American – College Humor (1933)
• 2× First-team All-Big Six (1932, 1933)
• No. 33 jersey retired by Kansas Jayhawks

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| years1 = ?–?

| team1 = Southern Kansas Stage Lines

| HOF_player = william-c-johnson

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| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006

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William C. "Skinny" Johnson (August 16, 1911 – February 5, 1980) was an American basketball player during the 1930s. As a {{convert|6|ft|4|in|cm}} center Johnson was among the tallest players of his time. The Oklahoma City native attended the University of Kansas (1929–33), where he was a three-year letterwinner under coach Phog Allen. He was named First-Team Big Six Conference twice (1932, 1933) as well as Second-Team Big Six Conference (1931) once. During the 1930s he played amateur basketball with several AAU teams. He briefly coached collegiate basketball at Cleveland Chiropractic College (1937) in Kansas City, Missouri as well. On May 2, 1977, Johnson was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.