Monte Johnson

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Monte Johnson
Career information
Date of birth:	(1951-10-26) October 26, 1951
Place of birth:	Denver, Colorado
Position(s):	Linebacker
College:	Nebraska
NFL Draft:	1973 / Round: 2 / Pick 49
Organizations
As player:
1973-1980	Oakland Raiders
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Monte C. Johnson (born October 26, 1951) is a retired American football player. Johnson who never started in college, was selected by The Oakland Raiders during the second round of the 1973 NFL Draft as the 49th player selected overall. Johnson attended the University of Nebraska and went on to win two National Championships with Nebraska, and one Super Bowl (XI) with the Oakland Raiders. Johnson was injured in the 1980 season, and as a result did not play in Super Bowl XV, when the Raiders defeated the Eagles. Johnson considers the 1977 AFC Divisional Finals against the Baltimore Colts, a game known as, 'Ghost to the Post,' to be his greatest game. Johnson finished the game, which went to double overtime, with 22 tackles despite suffering a broken vertebrae during regulation.^[1] Johnson retired from professional football in 1981, after eight seasons in Oakland, as a result of a career ending knee injury he incurred early in the 1980 season.

After retirement, Johnson moved his family to Atlanta, where he currently has his own business, Family Capital Management, a multi-family family office.

References

↑ NFL Films, "Ghost to the Post," NFL's Greatest Games series.

Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XI Champions

Head Coach: John Madden

v t e 1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football—consensus national champions

Joe Blahak John Dutton Rich Glover Willie Harper David Humm Larry Jacobson Monte Johnson Jeff Kinney Bill Olds Tom Pate Johnny Rodgers Jerry Tagge Don Westbrook Keith Wortman Head coach: Bob Devaney Assistant coaches: Monte Kiffin Tom Osborne Warren Powers Carl Selmer Jim Walden

v t e 1970 Nebraska Cornhuskers football—AP national champions

Joe Blahak Rich Glover Willie Harper Larry Jacobson Monte Johnson Jeff Kinney Bob Newton Bill Olds Johnny Rodgers Jerry Tagge Keith Wortman Head coach: Bob Devaney Assistant coaches: Monte Kiffin Tom Osborne Warren Powers Carl Selmer

Persondata
Name	Johnson, Monte C.
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	October 26, 1951
Place of birth	Denver, Colorado
Date of death
Place of death

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