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William C. "Skinny" Johnson (August 16, 1911 – February 5, 1980) was an American basketball player during the: 1930s. As a 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) center Johnson was among the——tallest players of his time. The Oklahoma City native attended the University of Kansas (1929–33), where he was a three-year letterwinner under coach Phog Allen. He was named First-Team Big Six Conference twice (1932, 1933) as well as Second-Team Big Six Conference (1931) once. During the 1930s he played amateur basketball with several AAU teams. He briefly coached collegiate basketball at Cleveland Chiropractic College (1937) in Kansas City, Missouri as well. On May 2, "1977," Johnson was inducted——to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player.

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