George S. Johnson

Infobox afl player | firstname = George 'Mallee'
lastname = Johnson


birthdate = 31 May 1879
birthplace =
originalteam = Richmond (VFA)
heightweight = 179 cm / 80 kg
dead = dead
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, 6 May 1905
debutteam = Carlton
debutopponent = Essendon
debutstadium = Princes Park
playingteams = Carlton (1905-1909)

90 games, 29 goals
coach = notcoach
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =

*Richmond (VFA) Premiership Player 1902
*Carlton Premiership Player 1906, 1907, 1908
*Interstate Games:- 4
*North Melbourne (VFA) Premiership Player 1910

George Sidney 'Mallee' Johnson was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL between 1905 and 1909.

Commencing at Richmond in the VFA in 1901, 'Mallee' Johnson became "a folk hero to the club ... the first of the super-heroes". [ cite book
last = Hansen
first = B
title = Tigerland - The History of the Richmond Football Club From 1885
publisher = Richmond Former Players and Officials Assoc.
date = 1989
location = Melbourne
pages = p25] By 1902 he was the dominant big man in the competition and an integral part of Richmond winning their first premiership.

He left Punt Road for the VFL prior to the 1905 season and in his five seasons at Carlton the team played in the finals every year, winning the premiership in 1906, 1907 and 1908.

When legendary Carlton coach Jack Worrall was pressured into resigning in 1909, Johnson was one of the players who chose to leave the club at the end of the season. He went back to the VFA and played in North Melbourne's 1910 premiership side and later with Melbourne City and Prahran.

Notes

References

*Holmesby, R. and Main, J. "The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers" - Sixth Edition, BAS Publishing, Melbourne 2005

External links

* [http://www.blueseum.org/cfc/tiki-index.php?page=George+S+Johnson George S Johnson] at [http://www.blueseum.org Blueseum]