Judy Johnson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1899
Place of Birth: Snow Hill, Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 15-Jun-1989
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Judy Johnson
- William Julius "Judy" Johnson (October 26, 1899 – June 15, 1989) was an American professional third baseman and manager whose career in Negro league baseball spanned 17 seasons, from 1921 to 1937.
- Slight of build, Johnson never developed as a power threat but achieved his greatest success as a contact hitter and an intuitive defenseman.
- Johnson is regarded as one of the greatest third basemen of the Negro leagues.
- In 1975, he was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame after being nominated by the Negro Leagues Committee. From 1921 to 1929, Johnson was a member of the Hilldale Daisies ball club and became an on-the-field leader respected for his professional disposition.
- His consistent swing and fielding prowess helped the Daisies win three straight pennants in the Eastern Colored League and the 1925 Colored World Series.
- After serving as a player manager for the Homestead Grays followed by the Daisies in the early 1930s, Johnson signed with the Pittsburgh Crawfords; as a part of the vaunted Crawford line-up of 1935, Johnson contributed to a team widely considered the greatest in Negro league history.
- He retired in 1937 after a short second stint with the Grays. Following his retirement from baseball as a player, Johnson became a scout for Major League Baseball teams.
- He was hired as an assistant coach by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1954, becoming one of the first African Americans signed to a coaching position on a major league ball club.
- In his later years, Johnson served on the Negro Leagues Committee and stepped down in 1975 to accept his hall of fame nomination.
- He suffered a stroke in 1988 and died a year later.
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