Playing Career
A native of Maywood, Illinois, Johnson played college football for head coach Dan Devine at the University of Missouri from 1959–62. An all-Big Eight quarterback, Johnson played in the same backfield with long-time NFL executive Bill Tobin. He went undrafted in the 1963 NFL Draft, but was signed to play tight end by the Buffalo Bills of the AFL (1963–64).
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