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American sprinter and football running back
A.K.A.
Stonewall Edward Johnson
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Male
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Birth:
26 April 1940(Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA)
Death:
8 September 1963(Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA)
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Education:
James Madison High School
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Biography
Stone Edward Johnson (April 26, 1940 — September 8, 1963) was an Olympic sprinter and American football kick returner and running back for the Kansas City Chiefs.
On August 30, 1963, the rookie Johnson, a 200 meter track finalist in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and former world record holder, suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck in a preseason game against the Houston Oilers in Wichita, Kansas during a kickoff return. He died 10 days later, on September 8 at the age of 23.Although he was only on the team's active roster during preseason, his jersey number 33 was retired.