Stone Johnson
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| Stone Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 26, 1940 |
| Place of birth |  Dallas, Texas |
| Date of death | September 8, 1963 (aged 23) |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| College | Grambling |
| Retired #s | Kansas City Chiefs #33 |
| Teams | |
| 1963 | AFL Kansas City Chiefs |
Stone Edward Johnson (April 26, 1940 — September 8, 1963) was an Olympic sprinting athlete and American football kick returner/running back for the Kansas City Chiefs.
On August 30, 1963, the rookie Johnson, a sprinter in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck in a preseason game with the Oakland Raiders in Wichita, Kansas. He died 10 days later, on September 8 at the age of 23. Although he was never on the team's active roster during a season his jersey number 33 was retired.[1]
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- ^ Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame. Kansas City Chiefs. Retrieved on 2007-07-31.
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