He also was on the road team the Monarchs called the Satchel Paige All Stars from 1939 to 1940.

[1] Johnson accomplishments as a player included being selected as a member of the Negro leagues East-West All-Star team in 1938.

The Negro League Baseball museum, located in Kansas City, Mo, used to have a sculpture that was set out which was his hands holding a bat.

Many thought that was the hands of Buck O’Neil, another more well-known player, but it was Mr. Johnson’s.

He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1941 to fight in World War II and served in Europe until 1945.