Life After Cricket
Johnston had a varied career after cricket, holding a variety of jobs. These included acting as a sales representative for Dunlop sports goods and shoes, a publican and an apartment building manager. In his later working career, he ran a post office on the Gold Coast of Queensland after he and his wife moved there. Outside cricket, Johnston also played baseball to a high standard. He won the world's junior championship for throwing a distance of 125 yards (114 m), and he broke the national baseball long distance record with a 132-yard (121 m) throw in September 1945.
He was married to Judy and they had two sons David and Peter. At his wedding in St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne, Catholic guests, including captain Lindsay Hassett were not permitted entry. David Johnston played 10 matches for South Australia as first-class level, and later became an administrator and was the Chief Executive of the Tasmanian Cricket Association at the time of his father's death. After the death of his wife in 2004, Johnston moved from the Gold Coast to a Sydney nursing home to be close to his son Peter. He died peacefully in a Sydney nursing home on 25 May 2007.
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