Jack Johnson | |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1891 |
Birth Place: | Siler City, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Basketball |
Player Years2: | 1911–1914 |
Player Team2: | Elon |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1911–1914 |
Player Team4: | Elon |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1919 |
Coach Team2: | Elon |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1915–1920 |
Coach Team4: | Elon |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1916–1920 |
Coach Team6: | Elon |
Coach Years7: | 1926–1927 |
Coach Team7: | Colorado |
Overall Record: | 1–2 (football) |
Clyde Carney "Jack" Johnson (January 7, 1891 – June 25, 1927) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.[1] Johnson served as the head football coach at Elon College—now known as Elon University—in Elon, North Carolina, for one season, in 1919 season, compiling a record of 1–2.[2] [3] He also coached baseball for five seasons at Elon and for two at the University of Colorado.
Johnson died on June 25, 1927, from complications following appendicitis surgery in Boulder, Colorado.[4] [5]