Stone Edward Johnson (April 26, 1940 — September 8, 1963) was an American sprinter and professional football player.

He played as a kick returner and running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) during the 1963 preseason.

On August 30, 1963, the rookie Johnson, a 200-meter track finalist in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and former world record holder, suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck in a preseason game against the Houston Oilers in Wichita, Kansas during a kickoff return.

[1] Although he was only on the team's active roster during preseason, his jersey number 33 was retired.

[2][3] This biographical article relating to an American football running back born in the 1940s is a stub.