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Roy W. Johnson (coach)

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American basketball, baseball, football player and coach and administrator

"Roy William Johnson" redirects here; not to be confused withRay William Johnson.
Roy W. Johnson
Johnson, cropped from 1919 Michigan Wolverines football team portrait
Biographical details
Born(1892-09-06)September 6, 1892
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
DiedSeptember 20, 1989(1989-09-20) (aged 97)
New Mexico, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1916Michigan
1919Michigan
PositionsCenter,guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1920–1930New Mexico
Basketball
1919–1931New Mexico
1933–1940New Mexico
Baseball
1921–1929New Mexico
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1920–1949New Mexico
Head coaching record
Overall41–32–6 (football)
165–146 (basketball)
5–3 (baseball)

Roy William Johnson (September 6, 1892 – September 20, 1989), nicknamed "Old Ironhead," was an Americanfootball player, coach of football,basketball, andbaseball, and college athletics administrator. He served in various capacities in the athletics program at theUniversity of New Mexico for nearly 40 years. He was the university's athletic director from 1920 to 1949, head football coach from 1920 to 1930, and head basketball coach from 1920 to 1931 and 1933 to 1940. He also coached New Mexico'strack andtennis teams. In 1957, the university named the newly builtJohnson Gymnasium in his honor.

Early years in Michigan

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Johnson was born inGrand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Swedish immigrants.[1] He enrolled at theUniversity of Michigan in the fall of 1915,[1] where he played football under head coachFielding H. Yost. He played at thetackle position in 1916 and 1919,[1] and started two games atcenter and one game atguard for the1919 Michigan Wolverines football team.

Johnson was a middle distance runner for the Michigan track team. He established several records in the quarter mile event and led the Michigan mile relay team to victory at the 1917 Drake Relays. Johnson was also a first baseman on the Michigan baseball team.[1] Johnson became the national light heavyweight intercollegiate champion in the "Collegiate Physical Efficiency Competitions," a decathlon style event emphasizing strength and running, defeating a competitor from Yale in the 1916 finals.[1]

World War I

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Johnson's collegiate career was interrupted by military service duringWorld War I. He served in France, where he was exposed to phosgene gas and spent several months rehabilitating in a French Hospital.[1]

University of New Mexico

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After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1920, Johnson moved to New Mexico, where he hoped that the dry, warm climate would assist him in overcoming respiratory difficulties dating back to his wartime exposure to phosgene gas.[1] He served as the athletic director at theUniversity of New Mexico from 1920 to 1949. He became "the one-man physical education department" at a university that, in 1920, had only 227 students and no gymnasium or football field.[2] For nearly 40 years, he served in multiple other positions, including head coach of the football, basketball, track and tennis teams, and an instructor of physical education.The Albuquerque Tribune later wrote: "For year after year Roy Johnson was the entire athletic coaching staff at the University. He coached football, basketball, track and tennis in addition to carrying a full teaching load."[3] In addition to coaching and teaching, Johnson was also assigned "the dubious task of building collegiate-level athletics facilities, many times doing the hard labor with his own hands."[4] He oversaw construction ofCarlisle Gymnasium in 1928 andZimmerman Field in 1938, the first football stadium at UNM.[5][6]

Johnson was the head football coach at the University of New Mexico from 1920 to 1930, compiling a record of 41–32–6.[7] His 1927 team went 8–0–1, surrendering just 28 points. In 1929, he became the first football coach to have his team fly by airplane, for a game withOccidental College at theRose Bowl, the first night game played by the Lobos.[8] During the early 1930s, he became an innovator in the use of arc lights to allow night games at UNM.[1] In 1931, New Mexico joined theBorder Conference as a founding member under the direction of Johnson andUniversity of Arizona coachPop McKale.

Johnson was also the coach of theNew Mexico basketball team from 1920 to 1931 and 1933 to 1940.[9] Basketball had been a varsity sport at UNM since 1899, but the team played only sporadic games. Beginning in 1922, Johnson established a regular schedule of games against other New Mexico colleges and the University of Arizona, and further regional schools were soon added. From 1924 to 1934, his teams compiled an impressive record of 104–38 (.732). Overall, in 18 years as the school's basketball coach, he compiled a record of 165–146 (.531).[10] His win total stood as the school record for over thirty years and is currently third on its all-time list.

For his many contributions, Johnson has been called the "architect of institutional sport and physical education in the American Southwest with particular application to The University of New Mexico."[1] In 1957, the University of New Mexico regents voted to name the university's new gymnasium theJohnson Gymnasium in his honor.[11]Sports Illustrated reported on the naming of the gymnasium as follows:

Not often has a coach received so unique an honor as has Roy Johnson. While still a member of the faculty at the University of New Mexico he has had a modern, $2.5 million gymnasium and swimming pool named after him. But New Mexico's regard for Roy Johnson had been building up since 1920... The athletic program Coach Johnson built with Swedish determination has won him the admiration and affection of his students and co-workers and the nickname Ironhead.[2]

At the time of the gymnasium dedication,The Albuquerque Tribune wrote that his career at New Mexico made him "one of the best known figures of the southwest" and added:

Roy Johnson was a stern taskmaster. He believed in hard work and physical fitness. His athletes often groaned but in after years they thanked Johnson for what he had done for them. Johnson built character as well as muscle in the men he coached.[3]

Family and later years

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Johnson and his wife, Clyda, had two sons, Steffen Roy William Johnson (born April 1923) and Edwin F. Johnson, and a daughter, Coral Johnson. At the time of the1940 United States census, they lived at 1815 Roma Avenue inAlbuquerque, New Mexico, a spot that is now on the UNM campus between the University House and the duck pond.[12] Johnson continued to live in New Mexico in his later years and was inducted into the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.[13] He died in New Mexico in 1989 at age 97.

Head coaching record

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Football

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YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
New Mexico Lobos(Independent)(1920–1930)
1920New Mexico3–3
1921New Mexico2–2
1922New Mexico3–4
1923New Mexico3–5
1924New Mexico5–1
1925New Mexico2–4–1
1926New Mexico4–2–1
1927New Mexico8–0–1
1928New Mexico5–2–1
1929New Mexico2–4–2
1930New Mexico4–5
New Mexico:41–32–6
Total:41–32–6

Basketball

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Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
New Mexico Lobos(Independent)(1920–1931)
1919–20New Mexico0–3
1921–22New Mexico0–2
1922–23New Mexico2–7
1923–24New Mexico5–3
1924–25New Mexico12–1
1925–26New Mexico12–2
1926–27New Mexico13–4
1927–28New Mexico12–7
1928–29New Mexico14–9
1929–30New Mexico16–4
1930–31New Mexico9–7
New Mexico Lobos(Border Conference)(1933–1940)
1933–34New Mexico16–46–43rd
1934–35New Mexico10–107–93rd
1935–36New Mexico16–1011–94th
1936–37New Mexico12–1410–104th
1937–38New Mexico9–166–105th
1938–39New Mexico4–214–167th
1939–40New Mexico3–222–146th
New Mexico:165–14646–72
Total:165–146

References

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  1. ^abcdefghiRobert Knight Barney (1977)."Old Ironhead: A Brief Biographical Portrait of an American Sporting Hero"(PDF). North American Society for Sport History..
  2. ^ab"Roy W. Johnson". Sports Illustrated. March 10, 1958.
  3. ^ab"Roy Johnson".The Albuquerque Tribune. December 28, 1957.
  4. ^"Roy Johnson". University of New Mexico Athletic Department web site. August 15, 2011. RetrievedMay 24, 2014.
  5. ^Terry Gugliotta,University Arena, Center for Southwest Research, University Archives. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
  6. ^An Adobe Stadium, Duke City Fix, May 14, 2010.
  7. ^"Roy W. Johnson Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse.
  8. ^New Mexico Lobo Football 2013 Media Guide, p.142.
  9. ^New Mexico Lobo Basketball Media Guide 2013–14,pp.132-33.
  10. ^New Mexico Lobo Basketball Media Guide 2013–14, p.130.
  11. ^Van Dorn Hooker (2000).Only in New Mexico: An Architectural History of the University of New Mexico. UNM Press. p. 127.ISBN 9780826321350.
  12. ^"1940 United States Census entry for Roy W. Johnson and family". ancestry.com.
  13. ^"Roy W. Johnson". New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame. RetrievedMay 24, 2014.

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