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Larry Johnson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr.
All-American college football player, professional football player, running back
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,952
- Total plays
- 14,117
Tags
bluesacoustic bluescountry bluesguitarspotify
Among the postwar generation of blues artists, Larry Johnson is one of the most devoted to the pure Delta and Texas styles of the '20s. He was born on May 15, 1938, in Fulton County, GA. His father was a preacher and his son would often travel with him from town to town. In this environment, Johnson was exposed to early blues records and he especially loved those of Blind Boy Fuller. It was Fuller's records that made Johnson pick up a guitar. After a stint in the Navy from 1955 to 1959 <a href
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Power Forward
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pomfret
- Educated at
- Pennsylvania State University
- Sport
- American football
- Member of team
- Washington Commanders
- Position played
- running back
- Mass
- 104
- Image
- Larry Johnson Chiefs.jpg
- Height
- 185
- Convicted of
- assault
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- date of birth
- 1979-11-19
- Commons category
- Larry Johnson (American football born 1979)
- social media followers
- 122464
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