Johnny Robinson

Who is Johnny Robinson?

Johnny Nolan Robinson is a former American football all star safety from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he was a member of the national championship-winning 1958 LSU Tigers football team.

He founded and operates a youth home for troubled boys in Monroe, Louisiana, and has been a long-time supporter of children's causes. Robinson was a master thief for the American Football League's Dallas Texans–Kansas City Chiefs, leading the league in interceptions with 10 in 1966 and 1970, and 58 for his career, a team record. He is considered by many contemporaries as the greatest ever to play the position and is credited with redefining the role of safety in modern professional football.{Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, Keith Jackson: Monday Night Football Sept. 1970 Chiefs vs. Colts.}

Robinson was a member of the Texans in their 1962 20–17 double-overtime victory over the two-time defending AFL Champion Houston Oilers in the longest professional football league championship game ever played. He played in Super Bowl I in 1967. In Super Bowl IV, the underdog Chiefs defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 23–7.