Gary Johnson (footballer, born 1959)

Gary Jack Johnson (born 14 September 1959) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Chelsea, Brentford, and Aldershot.

Johnson was a member of Chelsea’s first team from 1978 to 1981 after joining the club as an 11-year-old in 1970.

In December 2016, as the United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal evolved, he waived his right to anonymity and claimed he had been abused from the age of 13 by a Chelsea coach, Eddie Heath, and was later paid £50,000 by Chelsea not to go public with the allegations. Chelsea apologised "profusely" to Johnson; the player later demanded further financial compensation from the club.