Francis Johnson (basketball)

Medal record
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1936 Berlin	Team competition

Francis Lee Johnson (August 5, 1910 – April 18, 1997) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final.

He played college basketball at Wichita State University where his brother Gene was head coach from 1928–1933.^[1]

References

United States basketball squad – 1936 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

4 Balter 5 Bishop 6 Fortenberry 7 Gibbons 8 Johnson 9 Knowles 10 Lubin 11 Mollner 12 Piper 13 Ragland 14 Schmidt 15 Shy 16 Swanson 17 Wheatley Coach: Needles

1935 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans

Bud Browning Herman Fischer Joe Fortenberry Charley Hyatt Francis Johnson

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