Ira Johnson Explained

Ira Johnson
Birth Date:17 September 1880
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Player Years1:1900–1901
Player Team1:VMI
Player Years2:1902–1904
Player Team2:Virginia
Player Positions:Tackle, guard
Coach Years1:1905–1906
Coach Team1:VMI
Coach Years2:1907–1908
Coach Team2:Virginia (assistant)
Overall Record:6–9–1
Awards:All-Southern (1901–1904)

Ira Branch Johnson (September 17, 1880 – November 30, 1950) was an American college football player and coach. He was the seventh head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia, serving for two seasons, from 1905 to 1906, and compiling a record of 6–9–1.[2]

During World War I, Johnson served as Captain, Battery C, 111th Field Artillery, 29th Division, prior to his discharge on June 11, 1918.[3] He later worked as an assistant superintendent at the assembly plant in the Bartlett-Hayward industrial complex, an important Baltimore manufacturer.[4]

At the time of his death, he was a municipal judge in Richmond, Virginia. He was married at least twice, to Mary Louise Herbert in 1906 and later to Jeanne Boutin.[5]

Born in Woodville, North Carolina, he was the brother of Hammond Johnson.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Virginia Alumni News. 1950.
  2. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/bigsouth/virginia_military_institute/coaching_records.php Virginia Military Institute Coaching Records
  3. Applications for Headstones, compiled 01/01/1925 - 06/30/1970, documenting the period ca. 1776 - 1970 ARC: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
  4. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
  5. Virginia, Deaths, 1912–2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.