| Thomas Johnson | |
| Birth Date: | 10 March 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Springfield (MA) |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1946 |
| Player Team2: | New York Brown Bombers |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1940 |
| Player Team4: | Philadelphia Stars |
| Player Years5: | 1950 |
| Player Team5: | Indianapolis Clowns |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1953–1956 |
| Coach Team2: | Howard |
| Coach Sport3: | Baseball |
| Coach Years4: | 1949 |
| Coach Team4: | Howard |
| Coach Years5: | 1957–1959 |
| Coach Team5: | Howard |
| Admin Years1: | 1963 |
| Admin Team1: | Pittsburgh Pirates (scout) |
| Overall Record: | 12–22–2 (football) 61–35 (baseball) |
Thomas Fairfax Johnson (March 10, 1917 – March 21, 2007), nicknamed "Lil Professor", was a Negro league baseball player and American football coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Howard University from 1953 to 1956.[2]
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Johnson received his undergraduate degree from Springfield College in 1940, and played for the Philadelphia Stars that summer, posting a 3–4 record over 41.1 innings. After serving in the USO during World War II, Johnson became a coach at Howard in 1946, and received a graduate degree from New York University in 1947. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1967, and served as a professor of physiology at Howard from 1962 to 1978.[3]
Johnson died in Silver Spring, Maryland in 2007 at age 90.
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