Tassie Johnson
Australian rules footballer and coach
Australian rules footballer
| Tassie Johnson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Johnson in 1964 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | (1937-12-02)2 December 1937 | ||
| Date of death | 29 October 2015(2015-10-29) (aged 77) | ||
| Original team(s) | North Launceston | ||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1959–1969 | Melbourne | 202 (20) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1960–1967 | Victoria | 12 | |
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1969. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Robert "Tassie" Johnson (2 December 1937 – 29 October 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. He was known by his nickname Tassie as there were two other Johnsons at the club at the time he was recruited from North Launceston in Tasmania.
Johnson was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1959, 1960 and 1964. He captained the club during the 1969 season, but they finished in last place.
In 1971 he was captain-coach of Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
In 2004 he was named at full-back in both Melbourne and Tasmania's Team of the Century. In 2015, he died after a long illness.[1]
Statistics
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | H/O | Hit-outs |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | |||||
| 1959 | Melbourne | 8 | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1960 | Melbourne | 8 | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1961 | Melbourne | 8 | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| 1962 | Melbourne | 8 | 18 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 1963 | Melbourne | 8 | 19 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| 1964 | Melbourne | 8 | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 1965 | Melbourne | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 22 | 178 | 49 | — | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 10.5 | 2.9 | — | — | 1 |
| 1966 | Melbourne | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 239 | 55 | 294 | 59 | — | 198 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.3 | 3.1 | 16.3 | 3.3 | — | 11.6 | 2 |
| 1967 | Melbourne | 8 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 25 | 161 | 52 | — | 11 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 3.1 | — | 0.6 | 5 |
| 1968 | Melbourne | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 180 | 22 | 202 | 62 | — | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 10.6 | 3.3 | — | 0.1 | 8 |
| 1969 | Melbourne | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 183 | 43 | 226 | 39 | — | 61 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 2.7 | 14.1 | 2.4 | — | 3.8 | 6 |
| Career | 202 | 20 | 5 | 894 | 167 | 1,061 | 261 | — | 271 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 12.2 | 3.0 | — | 4.0 | 42 | ||
References
External links
- Tassie Johnson's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Demonwiki profile
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Melbourne Football Club · Team of the Century
- John Beckwith
- Tassie Johnson
- Don Cordner
- Noel McMahen
- Gary Hardeman
- Don Williams
- Brian Dixon
- Allan La Fontaine
- Robert Flower
- Denis Cordner
- Ron Barassi (c)
- Stuart Spencer
- Stan Alves
- Ian Ridley
- Bob Johnson
- Greg Wells
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