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Daryl E. Johnson (born August 11, 1946) is a former American football defensive back who played in the American Football League, the National Football League, and the World Football League. ==College career== Johnson graduated from Maggie L. Walker High School in Richmond. He entered Morgan State University in 1964 and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree. Mr. Johnson (5'10½"/170 lbs), was an invited walk-on at Morgan State, where he became a four-year letterman in football playing on three undefeated CIAA Championship football teams from 1965–1967, and was a two-year letterman in track and field. Mr. Johnson acquired many honors during his amazing college football career: however, he carved his own piece of Morgan State athletic history as the starting quarterback during the undefeated 1966 and 1967 CIAA Championship football seasons. In 1966, Morgan State University became the first predominately African American team selected to play in the NCAA sanctioned Tangerine Bowl (now called the Capital One Bowl). Mr. Johnson led the Morgan State Golden Bears on one of the biggest stages the University had been on to a historic 14-6 victory over West Chester State (PA). The victory earned Morgan State University the distinction of being crowned the first historically black college or university (HBCU) to win a nationally recognized NCAA Championship Title, Atlantic Coast Champions. Mr. Johnson ended the 1966 season being selected to the first-team Maryland All-State Team as a Placekicker and first-team ALL-CIAA. During the 1967 season, Daryl led the Golden Bears to their third consecutive CIAA Championship and undefeated seasons. He set a school record by becoming the first quarterback to pass for over 1,000 yards in a single season, completing 54 percent of his passes for 1,050 yards. His senior year performance was so outstanding that he was selected first Team Maryland All-State as Quarterback, first Team All-CIAA Quarterback and first Team ''Pittsburgh Courier'' Black All-American Defensive Back. Mr. Johnson also received the prestigious The Pigskin Club of Washington, D.C. Award being named 1967 NCAA Small College Player of the Year. Special honored guests in attendance were, the Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President of the United States; Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Edward Brooke (D-MA) and Birch Bayh (D-IN; Previous All-American football players honored Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, Floyd Little, Jim Nance; Coaches Ben Schwartzwalder (Syracuse University); Dick Butkus (Illinois; Jackie Robinson and Rafer Johnson (UCLA); Roger Staubach, (Naval Academy); Clint Jones, Walt Kowalski] and Hugh Daugherty (Michigan State); Lenny Moore (Penn State); Kevin Hardy, John Huarte and Ara Parseghian (Notre Dame); Ron Burton Northwestern, Mike Garrett (USC), Willie Lanier (Morgan State), Bob Ferguson, Howard Cassady and Woody Hayes (Ohio State). Daryl finished his career leading Morgan State to the longest winning streak in college football at the time. The Golden Bears only lost two games during Mr. Johnson's four-year career. While playing for Morgan, Daryl played quarterback, flanker, defensive back and was the teams placekicker. Johnson is a member of Morgan State University's Varsity "M" Club athletic Hall Of Fame. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daryl Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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