Johnny Counts

**Johnny Counts**
Career information
Date of birth:	February 28, 1939(1939-02-28)
Place of birth:	New Rochelle, New York
Date of death:	February 21, 2004(2004-02-21) (aged 64)
Position(s):	RB
College:	University of Illinois
Organizations
As player:
1963-1964	New York Giants
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Johnny Counts (born February 28, 1939 in New Rochelle, New York, died February 21, 2004), was a professional American football player who played running back for two seasons for the New York Giants. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger Cats, scoring a touchdown in the 1964 Grey Cup, a game which saw the BC Lions beat Hamilton 34-24.

Counts was an All-County running back at New Rochelle High School in 1957. He and his wife Vivian had 2 sons and a daughter.

Persondata
Name	Counts, Johnny
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	February 28, 1939
Place of birth	New Rochelle, New York
Date of death	February 21, 2004
Place of death