Hall of Fame

Billy Johnson

  • Class
  • Induction
    2012
  • Sport(s)
    Football

Widener University

Class of 1975

 

Billy “White Shoes” Johnson still holds 28 school, game, season, and career records. During his time at Widener he shattered no less than nine all-time NCAA marks and 12 Middle Atlantic Conference records. Johnson scored 62 career touchdowns, rushed for 3,737 yards, and accounted for 5,404 all-purpose yards. He was named All-American in 1972 and 1973, and was a part of the first class inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. Johnson went on to play for five professional teams in the NFL from 1974-1988 and spent several years working in the Atlanta Falcons office.

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