{"id":7381,"date":"2011-06-06T16:20:45","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=7381"},"modified":"2011-06-06T15:37:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T19:37:55","slug":"john-johnson-inducted-into-hall-in-%e2%80%9887-dies-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=7381","title":{"rendered":"John Johnson, Inducted Into Hall In \u201887, Dies At 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRACY, Calif. &#8212; Hall of Fame running back <strong>John Henry Johnson<\/strong> died Friday. He was 81.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco 49ers said in a release Saturday that <strong>Johnson<\/strong>, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 after a 14-season NFL career, died in Tracy.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the &#8220;Million Dollar Backfield,&#8221;<strong> Johnson<\/strong> played three seasons for the 49ers (1954-56). A four-time Pro Bowler (1954, 1962-64), <strong>Johnson&#8217;s <\/strong>6,803 career yards rushing trailed only <strong>Jim Brown<\/strong>, <strong>Jim Taylor<\/strong> and former 49er <strong>Joe Perry<\/strong> upon his retirement in 1966. <strong>Johnson<\/strong> was also a productive receiver, catching 186 passes for 1,478 yards. He scored 55 touchdowns during his career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Johnson<\/strong> also played one season in the CFL before joining San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was deeply saddened to hear of <strong>John Henry Johnson&#8217;s<\/strong> passing,&#8221; said 49ers owner <strong>John York<\/strong>. &#8220;He was a good friend, not only to my family and me, but the entire 49ers organization. As a member of the &#8220;Million Dollar Backfield&#8221; he holds a cherished place in both 49ers and NFL history. His contributions to the game of football will be forever celebrated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRACY, Calif. &#8212; Hall of Fame running back John Henry Johnson died Friday. He was 81. The San Francisco 49ers said in a release Saturday that Johnson, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 after a 14-season NFL career, died in Tracy. A member of the &#8220;Million Dollar Backfield,&#8221; Johnson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}