Francis Johnson (basketball)
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1936 Berlin | Team competition |
Francis Lee Johnson (August 5, 1910 – April 18, 1997) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was born and raised in Hartford, Kansas and is a graduate of Hartford High School.
He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final.
He played college basketball at Municipal University of Wichita (now known as Wichita State University) where his brother Gene was head coach from 1928–1933.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Kansas Sports Hall of Fame[permanent dead link] Gene Johnson
External links
[edit]- Francis Johnson at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Francis Johnson at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Francis Johnson at Olympics.com
- "USA Basketball All-Time Roster". Archived from the original on June 29, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
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Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1997 deaths
- Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Kansas
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- United States men's national basketball team players
- Wichita State Shockers football players
- Wichita State Shockers men's basketball players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs