Maurice Richard 'Mocha' Johnson (15 January 1907 – 30 May 2000) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for

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and

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

. Johnson made his debut for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Mel ...

in Round 5 of the 1927 season. He had a falling-out with coach Frank Maher after six rounds of the 1936 season, which resulted in him leaving Carlton to join

. In 1938, Johnson captain-coached Launceston to both the NTFA and

Tasmanian State Premiership The Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was contested at the conclusion of the season, initially between the reigning Tasmanian Football League (TFL/TANFL) and Northern Tasmanian Football Association (18 ...

s. Johnson died in May 2000.

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* Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Carlton Football Club players Sydney Swans players Brunswick Football Club players Launceston Football Club players Launceston Football Club coaches 1907 births 2000 deaths People from Brunswick, Victoria {{AFL-bio-1907-stub