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Johnny Jones (Villanova Basketball)
Johnny Jones may refer to: Sports Gridiron football *Johnnie Jones (born 1962), American football running back in the Canadian Football League *Johnny Jones (American football) (born 1988), American football defensive tackle *Johnny "Lam" Jones (1958–2019), American sprinter and professional football wide receiver Other sports *Johnny Jones (pitcher) (1892–1980), American baseball player *Johnny Jones (outfielder) (1899–?), American Negro leagues baseball player *Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1943), American basketball player *Johnny Jones (basketball, born 1961), American basketball coach *Johnny Jones (boxer), Welsh flyweight boxing champion *Johnny Jones (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s Others *Johnny Jones (pioneer) (1809–1869), pioneer New Zealand settler *Little Johnny Jones (pianist) (1924–1964), American Chicago blues pianist and singer *Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones (1941–2015), American blues singer, musician and songwriter *Johnnie J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnnie Jones
Johnnie Henry Jones (born June 30, 1962) is an American former professional gridiron football, football player who was a running back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Though drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in 1985, injuries prevented him from playing in the National Football League (NFL). He joined Hamilton in 1987, when he was nominated for the CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award. In 1990, he played for the Albany Firebirds in the Arena Football League (AFL). Jones played college football at the Tennessee Volunteers football, University of Tennessee from 1981 to 1984, setting school records for career Rush (gridiron football), rushing yards, most rushing yards in a season, and most rushing yards in a game. He was named a second-team College Football All-America Team, All American by the Associated Press in 1984. Early life Jones attended Munford High School in Munford, Tennessee, where he rushed for 4,547 yards and 47 touchdowns during hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Jones (American Football)
Johnny Jones III (born October 19, 1988) is a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at Marshall. Jones was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers and Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raide .... References External links Green Bay Packers bioMiami Dolphins bio {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Johnny 1988 births Living people American football defensive tackles Marshall Thundering Herd football players Miami Dolphins players Green Bay Packers players Oakland Raiders players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny "Lam" Jones
John Wesley "Lam" Jones (April 4, 1958 – March 15, 2019) was an American sprinter and professional football player. He won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was also a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at the University of Texas. Early years Jones attended Lampasas High School. In football, he became a regular starter at running back in a wishbone offense as a junior. He posted 9 carries for 197 yards (21.9-yard avg.) and 4 touchdowns against Fredericksburg High School. He had 12 carries for 154 yards (12.8-yard avg.) and 4 touchdowns against Llano High School. He finished the season with 1,330 rushing yards, an 11.6-yard average, 159 scored points and was named second-team Class AAA All-state. As a senior, he tallied 257 yards and 4 touchdowns against Gainesville High School and was named All-state. He scored 45 touchdowns in 2 seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Jones (pitcher)
John Paul "Admiral" Jones (August 25, 1892 in Arcadia, Louisiana, USA – June 5, 1980 in Ruston, Louisiana, USA) was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Giants (NL), New York Giants in 1919 and the Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves in 1920. Playing career Jones began his professional career in 1917, playing for the Shreveport Gassers of the Texas League. He went 15–7 with a 1.82 ERA in 24 games that year. Records indicate that he did not play in 1918; however he did play in 1919. He spent most of the year in the minors, pitching for the Toronto Maple Leafs (International League), Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League and going 14–10 with a 2.79 ERA in 32 games. On April 24, he made his major league debut. He made two relief appearances with the New York Giants that year, going 0–0 with a 5.40 ERA. On August 1, 1919, he was traded by the Giants with Red Causey, Mickey O'Neil (baseball), Mickey O'Neil, Joe Oeschger and $55, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Jones (outfielder)
John L. Jones (December 18, 1899 – death unknown), nicknamed "Nippy", was an American Negro league outfielder between 1922 and 1932. A native of Texas, Jones made his Negro leagues debut in 1922 with the Detroit Stars. He played seven seasons with the Stars through 1929, and also spent time with the Indianapolis ABCs The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro league baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League (NNL). They claimed the western championship of black baseball in 1915 and 1916, and fini ... in 1926. Jones finished his career with a short stint with the Philadelphia Bacharach Giants in 1932. References External links anBaseball-Reference Black Baseball statsanSeamheads 1899 births Place of birth missing Place of death missing Year of death missing Bacharach Giants players Detroit Stars players Indianapolis ABCs players Baseball outfielders Baseball players from Texas {{Negro-leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Jones (basketball, Born 1943)
John Jones (born March 12, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'7" small forward from California State University, Los Angeles, Jones played one season ( 1967-68) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Boston Celtics. He averaged 4.2 points per game and won an NBA Championship ring when the Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1968 NBA Finals. He later played for the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, .... External links * 1943 births Living people Allentown Jets players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Washington, D.C. Boston Celtics players Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles men's basketball players DeMatha Catholi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Jones (basketball, Born 1961)
John Henry Jones Jr. (born March 30, 1961) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Texas Southern Tigers basketball team. He was formerly the men's basketball head coach at North Texas and at his alma mater LSU. Playing career Jones played in the 1981 Final Four as a freshman at LSU, and later served 12 seasons as an assistant coach at LSU under Dale Brown where the pair returned to the 1986 Final Four. Coaching career Head coaching career Memphis Jones was named interim head coach at the University of Memphis just prior to the 1999–2000 season, replacing Tic Price. He coached the team to a 15–16 record. North Texas During Jones' stint at North Texas, he coached the Mean Green to five-straight 20-win seasons from 2007–11, and two Sun Belt tournament championships and NCAA tournament bids. Under Jones, North Texas was just the third program to advance to three consecutive Sun Belt Tournament championship games. LSU At LSU, Jones compile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Jones (boxer)
Johnny Jones was a Welsh boxer who held the Welsh flyweight title in 1924. His village of residence was Pentre in the Rhondda. Boxing career Little is known of Jones' early career, but his first recorded professional bout was against Charlie Morris on the 31 March 1921 in Liverpool. He won the match by technical knockout in the sixth. Jones then followed this result with another three knockout wins against inexperienced boxers, all in Liverpool. His fifth recorded professional fight was his first in London, and his first loss, this time losing the fight on points to the experienced Frankie Ash. Then on 12 October 1922, just five days after his fifteen round contest with Ash, Jones was back in Liverpool recording a points victory over Willie Woods. With this Jones had done enough to secure a return trip to London, where on 11 November he fought a re-match against Ash. The result remained the same with Ash this time beating Jones by a technical knockout in the thirteenth. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Jones (rugby League)
Johnny Jones (born ) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Leeds and Wakefield Trinity, as a . Playing career County honours Johnny Jones won cap(s) for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity. Challenge Cup Final appearances Johnny Jones played in Wakefield Trinity's 13-12 victory over Wigan in the 1946 Challenge Cup Final 1945–46 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1946, in front of a crowd of 54,730.Hoole, Les (2004). ''Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES''. Breedon Books. County Cup Final appearances Johnny Jones played at in Wakefield Trinity's 2-5 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1945 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1945–46 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 3 November 1945, and played in the 10–0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1946 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1946–47 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 31 Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Jones (pioneer)
John "Johnny" Jones (March 1809 – 16 March 1869) was a trader and settler in New Zealand. Born in Sydney, Jones was the third son of Thomas Jones, one of the early settlers in New South Wales. He spent his early life on sealing and whaling ships, before becoming a ferryman at Port Jackson. He had an entrepreneurial streak and invested his savings in a way that by the age of 20, he had interests in three whaling ships. He married Sarah Sizemore on 7 January 1828 in Sydney, and they had 11 children, although two died as infants. John Richard Jones was his eldest son. In 1835 Jones and Edwin Palmer went into a partnership to purchase a whaling station in New Zealand and a schooner for whaling. Within the next few years, his shrewd business skills allowed him to gain a controlling interest in seven New Zealand whaling stations. In 1838 he bought a whaling station and land near Waikouaiti, and also purchased a large area of land from Ngāi Tahu chief "Bloody Jack" Tuhawaiki, amoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Johnny Jones (pianist)
Little Johnny Jones (born Johnnie Jones; November 1, 1924November 19, 1964) was an American Chicago blues pianist and singer, best known for his work with Tampa Red, Muddy Waters, and Elmore James. Life and career Jones was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, in 1924, and was a cousin of Otis Spann. He arrived in Chicago in 1945 in the company of Little Walter and "Baby Face" Leroy Foster and soon replaced pianist Big Maceo Merriweather in Tampa Red's band after Merriweather suffered a stroke paralysing his right hand. Like several other Chicago pianists of his era, his style was heavily influenced by Merriweather, from whom he had learnedRowe, p. 201. and for whom he played piano after Merriweather's stroke. Jones later backed Muddy Waters on harmonica and recorded a session (on piano and vocals) with him for Aristocrat Records in 1949. He also played on ten sessions with Tampa Red for the Victor label between 1949 and 1953. From 1952 to 1956, he played and recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones (June 21, 1941 – September 15, 2015) was an American Chicago blues and soul blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player, and songwriter. He won a W.C. Handy Award in 1998. Jones played in clubs and on the blues circuit for many years before recording his debut album at the age of 55. Life and career John Junia Jones Jr. was born on a cotton plantation in Crawfordsville, Arkansas. He relocated with his family to East St. Louis, Illinois, in 1945. Influenced by Robert Johnson and T-Bone Walker, Jones stated that when he was in his early teens he was given harmonica lessons by Little Walter. At the age of 18, he moved to Chicago and was further inspired by the gospel music recordings of O. V. Wright, Johnnie Taylor and the Spirit of Memphis Quartet. He played the guitar in several gospel groups for over a decade. He adopted the nickname Yard Dog to help him gain more exposure. Having been trained as a welder, Jones moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
