Johnny Counts

[3] He attended the University of Illinois, where he was selected as a Big Ten "Sophomore of the Year" in 1960.

[3] In the 1962 National Football League draft he was selected in round 24 and 189th overall by the New York Giants.

[1] He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts.

He played with the Tiger-Cats from 1964 to 1965, during which he scored a touchdown in the 52nd Grey Cup, in which the BC Lions beat Hamilton 34–24.

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