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{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name = Johnny Counts
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|02|28}}
| birth_place = [[Mount Pleasant, New York|Mount Pleasant]], New York
| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|2|21|1939|02|28}}
| death_place = [[Newburgh, New York]]<ref name="jss">{{cite web |title=Johnny Counts |url= https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-countjoh001 |website= Stats Crew |accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref>
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| position1 = [[Running back|RB]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 170
| college = [[University of Illinois]]
| playing_years1 = 1962–63
| playing_team1 = [[New York Giants]]
| playing_years2 = 1964–65
| playing_team2 = [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]
| playing_years3 = 1966
| playing_team3 = [[Toronto Argonauts]]
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| NFL = cou2512067
| DatabaseFootball = COUNTJOH01
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'''Johnny E. Counts, Jr.''' (February 28, 1939 – February 21, 2004) was a [[Professional sports|professional]] [[American football|football]] player and [[running back]] in the [[National Football League|NFL]] and the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL).<ref name="pro-football-ref">{{cite web |title=Johnny Counts |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CounJo00.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Counts was an All-County running back at [[New Rochelle High School]] in 1957.<ref name="hs">{{cite web |title=New Rochelle Sports Hall of Fame |url=http://www.nrshof.com/1989.html |website=New Rochelle High School |accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref> He attended the [[University of Illinois]], where he was selected as a [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] "Sophomore of the Year" in 1960.<ref name="hs"/>

In the [[1962 American Football League draft|1962 draft]] of the [[American Football League]], he was selected in round 24 and 189th overall by the [[New York Giants]] (then the [[Titans of New York|New York Titans]]).<ref name="jss"/>

He also played in the [[Canadian Football League]] for the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] and the [[Toronto Argonauts]]. He played with the Tiger-Cats from 1964 to 1965, during which he scored a touchdown in the [[52nd Grey Cup]], in which the [[BC Lions]] beat Hamilton 34–24.<ref name="januska">{{cite book |last1=Januska |first1=Michael |title=Grey Cup Century |date=2012 |publisher=Dundurn |location=Toronto, Ontario |isbn=9781459704503 |page=140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Ijuej0rW1oC&pg=PA140 |accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Football in Canada – 1964 |url=http://www.packershistory.net/1964PACKERS-YEAR-CFL.html |website=PackersHistory.net |accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref> [[53rd Grey Cup]] champion (1965) He played for the Argonauts in 1966.

==References==
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{{53rd Grey Cup}}

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[[Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football players]]
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[[Category:Grey Cup champions]]
[[Category:New York Titans (AFL) players]]


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