Thomas Johnson (South African soccer)

{{short description|South African soccer player and manager}}

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| name = Thomas Johnson

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| full_name = Thomas Mhlupheki Maduna kaMchunu

| birth_date = 1942

| birth_place = Northern Natal, South Africa

| death_date = 23 February 2011 (aged 69)

| death_place = Johannesburg, South Africa

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| position = Midfielder

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| youthclubs1 = Heidelberg Happy Hearts

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| youthclubs2 = Springs Home Sweepers

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| youthclubs3 = Pimville Real Rovers

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| youthclubs4 = Mofolo Dynamos

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| youthclubs5 = Moroka Swallows-Mbanya Group

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| clubs1 = Orlando Pirates

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| years2 = 1971–1973

| clubs2 = Kaizer Chiefs (player-coach)

| caps2 = 24

| goals2 = 10

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| manageryears1 = 1973–?

| managerclubs1 = Gaborone United

| manageryears2 = 1973–?

| managerclubs2 = Botswana

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Thomas Johnson (1942 – 23 February 2011) was a South African soccer player and manager.

He was one of the co-founders of Kaizer Chiefs,{{cite news |title=Rest in Peace Thomas 'Zero' Johnson |url=http://www.kickoff.com/features/20437/rest-in-peace-thomas-zero-johnson.php |access-date=27 September 2023 |work=Kickoff |date=23 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214325/http://www.kickoff.com/features/20437/rest-in-peace-thomas-zero-johnson.php |archive-date=3 March 2016}} the club's first captain and the first head coach of the Kaizer Chiefs team. He also competed in the first ever Soweto derby on 24 January 1970, only 17 days after Chiefs' formation.