Name Johnny Musso Education University of Alabama Status Retired Height 1.83 m | CFL status International Weight 93 kg Nominations Heisman Trophy College Alabama Career end 1977 | |
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NFL draft 1972 / Round: 3 / Pick: 62 Role American football running back | ||
Similar Terry Beasley, Bobby Humphrey, Pat Sullivan (American football) Date of birth (1950-03-06) March 6, 1950 (age 73) High school L. Frazier Banks (Birmingham, Alabama) Career history BC Lions (1972–1974), Birmingham Vulcans (1975), Chicago Bears (1975–1977) Career highlights and awards All-American (1971), SEC Player of the Year (1971), CFL West All Star (1973) Nationality American | ||
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Johnny Musso (born March 6, 1950) is an American former football player, a running back for three seasons in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears. He previously played three seasons in the Canadian Football League and one in the World Football League.
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Early years
Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Musso graduated from its Banks High School in 1968, and played college football at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa under head coach Bear Bryant. He was an All-American in 1971 and led the Crimson Tide to an undefeated regular season and a berth in the Orange Bowl against top-ranked Nebraska.
Musso was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1989, and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
Playing career
Musso was a third round selection in the 1972 NFL draft, 62nd overall, by the Chicago Bears. He opted for a higher offer in Canada, and played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League for three seasons (1972–1974), where he ran for 1029 yards in 1973 and was a West All-Star, and for the Birmingham Vulcans of the WFL in 1975, rushing for 681 yards.
After the WFL folded, he signed with the Bears in late November 1975, and was the backup to Walter Payton. Musso had surgery on his right knee in August 1978 and spent the season on injured reserve; he failed his physical in July 1979 and retired.