Jim Johnson

American football player

1912 – 2004

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Who was Jim Johnson?

James A. "Jim" Johnson was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was tapped to reintroduce men's sports to East Carolina after World War II. He was the seventh head coach of the football, basketball and baseball teams at East Carolina Teachers College. He also was the athletic director for all sports teams. Before coaching, Johnson was a 16 letter winning athlete between 1933 to 1937. Johnson was inducted in 1978 into the ECU Hall of Fame.

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Born
Sep 10, 1912
Cary
Also known as
  • James A. Johnson
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Nov 27, 2004
Virginia Beach

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on July 23, 2013

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