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A beloved figure on campus, Johnson served as a Manhattan College athletic trainer for 56 years. A beloved figure on campus, Johnson served as a Manhattan College athletic trainer for 56 years. He retired at age 90 following the 2007 season, ending a remarkable 60-year career with the franchise. He was predeceased his sister, Alice Welch.
Friday, March 4Wake service, 2-4 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Moritz Funeral Home348 Closter Dock RoadCloster, NJ 07624(201) 768-4200, United Methodist Church109 Hardenburg AvenueDemarest, NJ 07627(201) 768-4355, Kensico Cemetery273 Lakeview AvenueValhalla, NY 10595, Laura Watson52 Minnehaha BoulevardOakland, NJ 07436. Johnson worked with 12 head coaches during his time with the Giants and was on the sidelines for 874 regular-season and 34 postseason games, including three Super Bowl championships. The Giants said that Johnson died on Sunday. In October 2015, Johnson joined the New York Giants Ring of Honor in a class that included former standouts Jack Lummus, Chris Snee and Osi Umenyiora. Johnson was born on March 31, 1917. The National Invitational Tournament/Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association honored him in 2000 with its Distinguished Service Award. Jan 01, 2015 at 12:29 PM Johnson joined the team as an athletic trainer in 1948. John "Mr. J" Johnson (born 1918) is a retired athletic trainer for the New York Giants of the National Football League. Johnson was on the Giants' sideline for 874 regular-season and 34 postseason games, and he attended thousands of practices. Get the latest information for the Manhattan College community: Invest in the Vision: The Campaign for Manhattan, Marianne Reilly ’82 Named Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Brennan O’Donnell Appointed President of MAAC Council of Presidents.
In 1997, he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and in 1998, the American College of Sports Medicine gave him a similar award. He was 98. Upon Johnson’s retirement from the College in 2003, the athletic training room adjacent to Draddy Gymnasium was renamed in his honor, highlighting Johnson’s “unselfish and caring service to thousands of Manhattan College student-athletes, coaches and Christian Brothers.”.
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In 1990, he received the Distinguished Service Award by the Manhattan College physical education department. He grew up in Sea Bright, N.J. and graduated from Long Branch High School, where he played soccer.
He worked several jobs before becoming a civilian athletic trainer at an Air Force hospital in Ottumwa, Iowa. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- John Johnson, an athletic trainer in the New York Giants organization for 60 years, has died. Johnny Johnson, a cherished athletic trainer in the Giants organization whose strong hands worked on Y.A. Johnson was predeceased by his wife, Esther. “Football would be in the morning, and I’d go up to Manhattan College in the afternoon.”. Johnson began his time at Manhattan College in 1947, starting a career that helped thousands of Jasper student-athletes recover and rehabilitate from various injuries, large and small. A year later, Johnson worked at the Giants’ training camp, beginning a 60-year career with the team that ended with a victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII in 2008. From Long Branch, he went to the Swedish Institute of Physical Therapy in New York.
The Giants said that Johnson died on Sunday. He then went to start his dual career with Manhattan College and the Giants. Johnson is also survived by his brother David Johnson, sister-in-law Gini Johnson and several nieces and nephews. The backbone of the College’s athletics department for decades, Johnson was elected to the Manhattan College Hall of Fame in 1982. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)— John Johnson, an athletic trainer in the New York Giants organization for 60 years, has died.
Johnson was the second-longest tenured employee in franchise history, behind the late Wellington Mara, the team’s former owner. He was 98. John "Mr. J" Johnson (March 31, 1917 – February 28, 2016) was an American athletic trainer, formerly for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He started working for the Giants in 1948 working at the Giants pre-season training camp and retired in 2008 after the Giants won Super Bowl XLII. Johnson retired following their victory in the Super Bowl in January 2008. He is survived by his daughters, Jeanette Johnson and Laura Watson, son-in-law Richard L. Watson and grandson Richard Norman Watson. He worked on the sidelines for 874 regular season games and 34 post season games. “In those days, you could have two jobs,” Johnson said. John Johnson, affectionately known as Doc, a longtime athletic trainer for Manhattan College and the New York Giants of the National Football League, passed away on Sunday, February 28 at the age of 98.