Collins Hickey Johnston (August 29, 1859 – December 29, 1936) was an American football player, medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

He received his preparatory education at Amherst, Massachusetts, and at Ann Arbor High School.

[1] He enrolled in the literary department at the University of Michigan in approximately 1877 and received a bachelor's degree in 1881.

[4] After graduating from Michigan, Johnston was the assistant house surgeon at Detroit's Harper Hospital during the summer of 1883.

[5] He served as the district surgeon for the Grand Trunk Railway and the New York Central Railroad.