John Henry Johnson

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John Henry Johnson (November 24, 1929 – June 3, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL), American Football League (AFL), and Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). His first stint was in Canada in the WIFU (a forerunner league to today's Canadian Football League) for one season with the Calgary Stampeders. He then played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, and Pittsburgh Steelers before spending his final season in the AFL with the Houston Oilers. Commonly referred to as simply John Henry, an allusion to the folk hero of the same name, Johnson was a tough and tenacious player who performed at a high level well into the tail end of his career. After playing college football for the St. Mary's Gaels and Arizona State Sun Devils, Johnson was selected in the second round of the 1953 NFL draft by the Steelers, the 18th overall pick. He instead played one season of Canadian football for the Stampeders, in which he won the Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy as the league's most valuable player. He then signed with the 49ers, and played left halfback in San Francisco's famed "Million Dollar Backfield"

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