Stone Johnson
American sprinter and football running back
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| Intro | American sprinter and football running back | ||||
| A.K.A. | Stonewall Edward Johnson | ||||
| A.K.A. | Stonewall Edward Johnson | ||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||
| was | Athlete American football player | ||||
| Work field | Sports | ||||
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| Birth | 26 April 1940, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA | ||||
| Death | 8 September 1963Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA (aged 23 years) | ||||
| Star sign | Taurus | ||||
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Stone Edward Johnson (April 26, 1940 — September 8, 1963) was an Olympic sprinter and American football kick returner and running back for the Kansas City Chiefs.
On August 30, 1963, the rookie Johnson, a 200 meter track finalist in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and former world record holder, suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck in a preseason game against the Houston Oilers in Wichita, Kansas during a kickoff return. He died 10 days later, on September 8 at the age of 23. Although he was only on the team's active roster during preseason, his jersey number 33 was retired.