Lost A #Jayhawk
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Sad to hear this. I dated Clint when I was a senior and he was a junior (GASP) and I think I may have told you about attending every home game during 74-75 season because of Clint. It was, as they say, a complicated time in race relations. RIP
December 07, 2022
Former Kansas Guard Clint Johnson DiesLAWRENCE, Kan. – Former Kansas men’s basketball guard Clint Johnson died Nov. 16, 2022 at his home in Livermore, California. Johnson was 66 years old.
A native of Leavenworth, Kansas, Johnson played at Kansas from 1974-75 to 1977-78 and started 87 of 108 games played under head coach Ted Owens. While at KU, Johnson’s teams won two Big Eight Holiday Tournaments, in 1974 and 1977, and one Big Eight regular-season title in 1978. The 1978 squad was later inducted into the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame.
Johnson averaged 8.8 points for his career and accumulated 225 assists and 127 steals. He concluded his career with 951 points scored as a Jayhawk.
Johnson excelled in basketball and track at Leavenworth High School and was later inducted into the LHS Hall of Fame for his basketball prowess.
Following KU, Johnson played professional basketball in the Netherlands. Once done with basketball, Johnson settled in California where he started a family and worked in the car business until his passing.
Well-known as a teammate, friend of all and dedicated father and grandfather, in December 2015, Johnson was featured Once A Jayhawk, Always A Jayhawk.
A Celebration of Life for Johnson will be in Leavenworth with a date, location and time to be announced.
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@RockChalkinTexas That was my freshman year. I always liked how Clint played, and if he was privileged enough to go out with you he must have been an okay guy!
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I remember him well. Sad to hear
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@RockChalkinTexas sorry to hear! You know you have your own category? We’ve been missing you!
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@Crimsonorblue22 Didn’t know I was missed!!
Have been busy with the construction of my new solarium
and then Mike’s sister and her son and d-in-law came for my birthday and Thanksgiving. Then putting up 
and girls turn 35 Saturday 
. Enjoying temperatures in the 80s and hauling pea gravel to behind the new solarium. And it’s wet. And heavy. May miss border war conversationMUCK FIZZOU
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@RockChalkinTexas you need to check in every now and then! Sounds like work but glad you are getting some help with your big project. 80’s sound really nice!
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@RockChalkinTexas said in Lost A #Jayhawk:
@Crimsonorblue22 Didn’t know I was missed!!
Have been busy with the construction of my new solariumand then Mike’s sister and her son and d-in-law came for my birthday and Thanksgiving. Then putting up and girls turn 35 Saturday . Enjoying temperatures in the 80s and hauling pea gravel to behind the new solarium. And it’s wet. And heavy. May miss border war conversationMUCK FIZZOU
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