Tubby Johnson
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1899 Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | May 2, 1954 (aged 55) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1920 | Fisk |
| Position | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1924 | Clark (GA) |
| 1925–1941 | Fisk |
| Basketball | |
| ? | Fisk |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| ?–1954 | Fisk |
Henderson Andrew "Tubby" Johnson (February 19, 1899 – May 2, 1954) was an American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Clark University—later merged into Clark Atlanta University—for one season, in 1924, and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1925 to 1941.[1][2]
A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Johnson attended Fisk, where he played football as a halfback for four years before graduating in 1922. He earned a Master of Arts degree in physical education from Columbia University in 1936.[3]
Johnson died of a heart attack, on May 2, 1954, at Hubbard Memorial Hospital in Nashville.[4] Later that year, Fisk named its gymnasium in Johnson's honor.[5]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Panthers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1924) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Clark | 1–2 | |||||||
| Clark: | 1–2 | ||||||||
| Fisk Bulldogs (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1925–1941) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Fisk | 1–4–1 | |||||||
| 1926 | Fisk | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1927 | Fisk | 3–2–3 | 1–2–2 | 7th | |||||
| 1928 | Fisk | 5–2–2 | 4–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1929 | Fisk | 8–1 | |||||||
| 1930 | Fisk | 10–1 | 2–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1931 | Fisk | 2–6 | 1–2 | 6th | |||||
| 1932 | Fisk | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1933 | Fisk | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| 1934 | Fisk | 0–5–1 | 0–4 | 12th | |||||
| 1935 | Fisk | 1–4–1 | 1–4 | 9th | |||||
| 1936 | Fisk | 0–6–1 | 0–5–1 | 13th | |||||
| 1937 | Fisk | 0–4–3 | 0–4–1 | 12th | |||||
| 1938 | Fisk | 2–3–2 | 2–3–1 | T–8th | |||||
| 1939 | Fisk | 0–7 | 0–5 | 11th | |||||
| 1940 | Fisk | ? | 0–3 | NA | |||||
| 1941 | Fisk | 2–1–3 | 1–1–1 | T–5th | |||||
| Fisk: | |||||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Lawrence and Tubby Johnson Coach Clark". The Chicago Defender. Chicago, Illinois. October 11, 1924. p. 9, part 1. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Tubby Johnson Gets Job At Fisk". The Chicago Defender. Chicago, Illinois. October 3, 1925. p. 9, part 1. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Henderson Johnson, Fisk Official, Dies". The Nashville Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. May 3, 1954. p. 20. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Rites Held For Fisk Immortal". Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 15, 1954. p. 19. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Fisk Gym Named For Late Coach". Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1954. p. 16. Retrieved April 25, 2026 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "2016 Clark Atlanta University Football Media Guide" (PDF). Clark Atlanta University Athletics. p. 7. Retrieved April 25, 2026.