Skinny Johnson
Personal information | |
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Born | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
August 16, 1911
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Central (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) |
College | Kansas (1930–1933) |
Position | Center |
Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
William C. "Skinny" Johnson (August 16, 1911 – February 5, 1980) was a well-known American basketball player during the 1930s. As a 6-4 (192 cm) center Johnson was among the tallest players of his time. The Oklahoma City native attended the University of Kansas (1929–33), where he was a three-year letterwinner under coach Phog Allen. He was named First-Team Big Six Conference twice (1932, 1933) as well as Second-Team Big Six Conference (1931) once. During the 1930s he played amateur basketball with several AAU teams. He briefly coached collegiate basketball at Cleveland Chiropractic College (1937) in Kansas City, Missouri as well. On May 2, 1977, Johnson was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.
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- 1911 births
- 1980 deaths
- Centers (basketball)
- Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
- American basketball coaches
- Basketball players from Oklahoma
- Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- Sportspeople from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs