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Robert Walter "Whirlwind" Johnson (April 16, 1899 – June 28, 1971) was an American physician , college football player and coach, and founder of the American Tennis Association Junior Development Program for African-American youths, where he coached and fostered the careers of Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson .[1]
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Johnson graduated in 1924 from Lincoln University , a historically black college in Pennsylvania . He was a classmate of Melvin B. Tolson . Johnson played college football as a halfback at Lincoln and was captain of the 1923 Lincoln Lions football team , which won a black college football national championship .[2] Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) First Team in 1923.[3]
Johnson served as the head football coach at Virginia Theological Seminary and College—now known as Virginia University of Lynchburg –in 1924, Samuel Huston College in Austin, Texas in 1925, and Morris Brown College in Atlanta in 1926.[4] [5] Atlanta University in charge of the backfield and ends under head football coach Chief Aiken . Johnson was the manager of Aiken and Faulkner Rent Department at the time.[6] [7]
Medical career
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Johnson was the first African-American physician to receive practice rights at Lynchburg General Hospital in Virginia .[8]
Tennis career
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Known as the "godfather" of black tennis, Johnson founded an all-expenses-paid tennis camp for African-American children and hired instructors.[9] Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe , who he coached.[10] [11]
Death
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Johnson died on June 28, 1971, at a hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia , following a seven-month-long illness.[12]
Legacy and honors
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Head coaching record
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References
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^ "Delegated Committee Picks All C.I.A.A. Eleven" . The Pittsburgh Courier . December 22, 1923. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Wiley Wins Over Sam Huston" . Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . October 24, 1925. p. 13 . Retrieved July 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
^ "Claflin Turns Tables On Morris Brown, Win 12-3" . Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . October 16, 1926. p. 15 . Retrieved July 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
^ "Whirlwind Johnson Take Charge of Backfield And Ends At Atlanta University" . Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . September 10, 1927. p. 17 . Retrieved July 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
^ "Dr. Johnson, Aged 71, Dies" . Lancaster New Era Lancaster, Pennsylvania . July 2, 1971. p. 3 . Retrieved July 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
^ a b "Heritage Sites & Organizations; Dr. Robert Walter Johnson Home and Tennis Court" . The Virginia African American Heritage Program. Retrieved August 14, 2007 .
^ Smith, Doug (August 2004). Whirlwind: The Godfather of Black Tennis: The Life and Times of Dr. Robert Walter Johnson . Blue Eagle Publishing. ISBN 0-9748111-0-6
^ Carter, Bob. "Ashe's impact reached far beyond the court" . ESPN Classic . Retrieved June 30, 2007 .
^ McPhee, John (June 7, 1969). "Levels of the Game" . The New Yorker . Retrieved September 4, 2018 .
^ "Tennis Promoter Johnson Dies" . The News & Observer Raleigh, North Carolina . June 29, 1971. p. 14 . Retrieved July 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
^ "Robert Johnson Virginia Sports Hall of Fame" . The Library of Virginia . Retrieved May 2, 2015 .
^ " . International Tennis Hall of Fame . Retrieved May 2, 2015 .
^ "Practice Information: Lynchburg--Walter Johnson Health Center" . The University of Virginia Health System. Archived from the original on July 25, 2003. Retrieved August 14, 2007 .
^ VSU Athletics (2008). "Second Annual Dr. Robert Walter Johnson Memorial Invitational" (.PDF) . Virginia State University. Retrieved May 2, 2015 .
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