Height/Weight 189 cm / 89 kg Name Tassie Johnson Years Club Died October 29, 2015 | 1959–1969 Melbourne Positions Defender Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1937-12-02)2 December 1937 Date of death 29 October 2015(2015-10-29) (aged 77) Role Australian Rules Footballer Original team North Launceston Football Club | ||
Robert "Tassie" Johnson (2 December 1937 – 29 October 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s. He was known by his nickname Tassie as there were two other Johnsons at the club at the time he was recruited from North Launceston in Tasmania.
Johnson was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1959, 1960 and 1964. He captained the club during the 1969 season, but they finished in last place.
In 1971 he was captain-coach of Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
In 2004 he was named at full-back in both Melbourne and Tasmania's Team of the Century. In 2015, he died after a long illness.
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