George S. Johnson

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**George 'Mallee' Johnson**
Personal information
Birth	May 31, 1879,
Recruited from	Richmond (VFA)
Height and weight	179 cm / 80 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 1, May 6, 1905, Carlton vs. Essendon, at Princes Park
Team(s)	Carlton (1905-1909) 90 games, 29 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career highlights
Richmond (VFA) Premiership Player 1902 Carlton Premiership Player 1906, 1907, 1908 Interstate Games:- 4 North Melbourne (VFA) Premiership Player 1910

This page is about George 'Mallee' Johnson, the Australian rules footballer. For other persons with the same name, see George Johnson (disambiguation)

George Sidney 'Mallee' Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL between 1905 and 1909.

Commencing at Richmond in the VFA in 1901, 'Mallee' Johnson became "a folk hero to the club ... the first of the super-heroes".^[1] By 1902 he was the dominant big man in the competition and an integral part of Richmond winning their first premiership.

He left Punt Road for the VFL prior to the 1905 season and in his five seasons at Carlton the team played in the finals every year, winning the premiership in 1906, 1907 and 1908.

When legendary Carlton coach Jack Worrall was pressured into resigning in 1909, Johnson was one of the players who chose to leave the club at the end of the season. He went back to the VFA and played in North Melbourne's 1910 premiership side and later with Melbourne City and Prahran.