Rick Johnson (quarterback)

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Rick Johnson
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Born: (1961-01-21) January 21, 1961 (age 62)
Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
StatusRetired
CFL status American
Position(s) QB
College Southern Illinois
NFL draft 1984 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48
Drafted by Los Angeles Rams
Career history
As player
1984–1985 Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws
1985–1988 Calgary Stampeders
1989 Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star1986

Rick Johnson (born January 2, 1961) is a former all-star quarterback in the Canadian Football League.

Johnson played college football for the Southern Illinois Salukis, where he was starting quarterback on the team that won the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. [1] [2] He played in the United States Football League for the Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws in 1984. He moved to Canada in 1985, and played for the Calgary Stampeders. He was a CFL All-Star in 1986.

After retiring from football, Johnson became an actor and movie director. He starred in the 1995 thriller film Point of Betrayal as a man trying to drive his mother insane in order to take her money away. Johnson also had a small role in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire as a client that a slick sports agent attempts to hug. [3] He directed the 2001 comedy-drama film Rustin, also co-starring in the film as a former professional football player working as a sheriff in a fictional Alabama town named Rustin. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Monserud, Scott (December 18, 1983). "Salukis crush W. Carolina". The Southern Illinoisan . Carbondale, Illinois. p. 17. Retrieved May 8, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Monserud, Scott (December 18, 1983). "Salukis win national championship (cont'd)". The Southern Illinoisan . Carbondale, Illinois. p. 18. Retrieved May 8, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Rick Johnson". IMDb.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Rick (2001-06-18), Rustin (Comedy, Drama), Rick Johnson, Meat Loaf, Ashley Johnson, Zachery Ty Bryan, C-Dub Productions, Dahlia Street Films, Grabba-Bat Productions, retrieved 2020-12-02


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