John Denoil Johnson (November 28, 1909 – October 27, 1978) was a professional

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player who played

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for seven seasons for the

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. He was inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in 1970. He was born to Alex and Mary Alice Johnson in

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. The Johnson home was built in 1899 in the Queen Anne style. A photograph of the house was featured on the cover of Utah's Historic Architecture, 1847-1940 by Thomas Carter and Peter Goss,

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, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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