Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Bill Johnson (blues musician), Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bill Johnson (musical theatre actor) (1916–1957), American actor and singer of stage and screen.

Bill Johnson (film and television actor) (born 1951), American actor known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

William Johnson (NZ actor), sometimes credited as Bill Johnson, actor in the 1977 film Sleeping Dogs

Bill Johnson (editor), American film and television editor

Bill Johnson (reed player) (1912–1960), American alto saxophonist, clarinetist, and arranger

William Manuel Johnson (1872–1972), known as Bill, American double bass player and founder of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

Politics

Bill Johnson (Ohio politician) (born 1954), U.S. Representative from Ohio

William A. Johnson, Jr. (born 1942), known as Bill, first African-American mayor of Rochester, New York

Bill Johnson (Kentucky politician) (born 1965), unsuccessful Republican candidate for Secretary of State of Kentucky, 2011

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Bill Johnson (pitcher)

William Charles Johnson (October 6, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware), is a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1983 to 1984. He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1980 and was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Dick Ruthven to the Chicago Cubs for Willie Hernández in 1983. He played for the Cubs in 1983 and 1984.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Bill Johnson (center)

William Levi Johnson, Sr. (September 14, 1926 – January 7, 2011), known as Bill "Tiger" Johnson, was a professional football player and coach. He was born in Tyler, Texas, where he was raised by his single mother and five older siblings. Among his siblings was older brother Gilbert Johnson, who played quarterback at Southern Methodist University with the iconic running back Doak Walker. Bill was a legendary football and baseball star for Tyler Junior College and Texas A&M University, and graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University. He played center for the San Francisco 49ers from 1948 to 1956.

Although Johnson is known mostly for his accomplishments as a football player in the National Football League, Tiger had a prolific career in college as well, not only in football, but also baseball. Bill began his college football career at Tyler Junior College, a small school in Johnson's hometown of Tyler, Texas. Bill finished his collegiate career with Texas A&M University. The end of his college sports career brought about a pressing issue; was Johnson to pursue a professional career in the MLB with the Cincinnati Reds, who had offered him a minor-league contract, or test his football ability in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers, who offered Bill with a non-drafted rookie free agent contract. Bill decided to go with football, even though his true love was baseball. He was a phenomenal catcher at the collegiate level, but always stated that he would have never made it in "the bigs" due to a lack of ability in throwing out base runners when they would attempt to steal.