Leon Bernard Johnson (1902 – unknown) was an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

player. Johnson was born in 1902. He attended Woodbury High School in

Woodbury, New Jersey Woodbury is a city in and the county seat of Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

. He played for Woodbury's football team from 1919 to 1922 and was team captain in 1921 and 1922. He was named to the New Jersey all-state team as a senior. He also played baseball and basketball at Woodbury and was captain of the basketball team. After graduating from Woodbury, he attended Allentown Prep, where he lettered in all three sports and graduated in 1924. In 1925, he enrolled at

Lafayette College Lafayette College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 18 ...

and played for the freshman football team. He was forced to cut short his collegiate career due to "family circumstances". He played professional football for the Philadelphia Quakers team that won the American Football League championship in 1926. He also played for an Atlantic City team. He next played at the end position for the Millville Maroons in 1928. In 1929, he played at the end position for the

Orange Tornadoes The Orange Tornadoes and Newark Tornadoes were two manifestations of a long-lived professional American football franchise that existed in some form from 1887 to 1941 and from 1958 to 1970, having played in the American Amateur Football Union fro ...

of the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

(NFL). He appeared in five NFL games, one as a starter, for the Tornadoes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Leon 1902 births Date of death unknown Lafayette Leopards football players Orange Tornadoes players People from Woodbury, New Jersey Players of American football from Gloucester County, New Jersey Woodbury Junior-Senior High School alumni