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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||
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Born: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | June 8, 1956||||||
Died: | July 10, 2018 | (aged 62)||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||
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College: | Eastern Michigan | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22 | ||||||
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Ron Johnson (June 8, 1956 – July 10, 2018) was an American professional football cornerback. He played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Johnson was a 1974 graduate of Detroit's Northwestern High School; he played collegiate football for Eastern Michigan University. Ron Johnson was selected by the Steelers in the first-round of the 1978 NFL draft.[1]