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Chester "Swede" Johnston
Date of birth: March 7, 1910
Place of birth: Appleton, Wisconsin
Date of death: September 19, 2002
Place of death: St. Louis, Missouri
Career information
Position(s): RB
College: Elmhurst College
Marquette University
University of Miami
Organizations
 As player:
1931
1933
1934
1934
1934-1938
1939
1940
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Gunners
Green Bay Packers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Steelers
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Chester "Swede" Johnston (March 7, 1910 – September 19, 2002) was a professional American football player who played running back for seven seasons for the Cincinnati Reds, Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Gunners and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Johnston was born in Appleton, Wisconsin to Swedish immigrant parents. In 1981, he was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. He died in St. Louis, Missouri and is buried in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.


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