| Johnnie Dawson | |
| Position: | Catcher |
| Birth Date: | November 8, 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
| Debutyear: | 1938 |
| Debutteam: | Kansas City Monarchs |
| Finalyear: | 1942 |
| Finalteam: | Kansas City Monarchs |
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Johnnie Dawson (November 8, 1914 - August 6, 1984) was an American Negro league catcher between 1938 and 1942.
A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Dawson made his Negro leagues debut in 1938 with the Kansas City Monarchs, and played with the Chicago American Giants and Memphis Red Sox in 1940.[1] [2] He returned to the Monarchs during their 1942 Negro World Series championship season,[3] Dawson's final season in baseball. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1984 at age 69.
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