Tassie Johnson, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian rules footballer and coach
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About Tassie Johnson
- Robert "Tassie" Johnson (2 December 1937 – 29 October 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s.
- He was known by his nickname Tassie as there were two other Johnsons at the club at the time he was recruited from North Launceston in Tasmania. Johnson was a premiership player with Melbourne in 1959, 1960 and 1964.
- He captained the club during the 1969 season, but they finished in last place. In 1971 he was captain-coach of Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). In 2004 he was named at full-back in both Melbourne and Tasmania's Team of the Century.
- In 2015, he died after a long illness.
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