Dennis Leroy Johnson (born October 22, 1951) was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and Buffalo Bills. He played college football at the University of Delaware and was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1973 NFL draft.
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Position: | Defensive end Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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Born: | Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. | October 22, 1951||||||||
Died: | March 15, 1996 | (aged 44)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Passaic (NJ) | ||||||||
College: | Delaware | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1973 / round: 13 / pick: 337 | ||||||||
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Johnson played high school football at Passaic High School.[1]
The Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame inducted Johnson in 2006.[2]
References
edit- ^ Dennis Johnson Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, database Football. Accessed January 28, 2008.
- ^ "Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in Wilmington, Delaware - 2006". www.desports.org.
External links
edit- Delaware Museum and Sports Hall of Fame 2006 Inductees
- Dennis Johnson, Irv Wisniewski Inducted into Delaware Museum and Sports Hall of Fame