Charles Johnson (basketball, born 1949)

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Charles Johnson

Personal information
Born	(1949-03-31)March 31, 1949 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Died	June 1, 2007(2007-06-01) (aged 58) Oakland, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	Sequoia (Redwood City, California)
College	California (1968–1971)
NBA draft	1971: 6th round, 93rd overall pick
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career	1972–1979
Position	Point guard
Number	10, 15
Career history
1972–1978	Golden State Warriors
1978–1979	Washington Bullets
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA champion (1975, 1978) First-team All-Pac-8 (1969)
Career statistics
Points	4,241 (8.1 ppg)
Rebounds	1,318 (2.5 rpg)
Assists	973 (1.9 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Charles Johnson (March 31, 1949 – June 1, 2007) was an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors and the Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an alumnus of Sequoia High School and then scored 1,000 points in three years playing college basketball for the California Golden Bears.

The San Francisco Warriors drafted Johnson in the 6th round of the 1971 NBA draft. The 6-foot-0, 170-pound point guard played with the Warriors for five seasons and part of a sixth until he was waived in early January 1978. Johnson was a member of the 1974–75 Warriors NBA championship team.

After his release, Johnson was signed by the Washington Bullets in January, 1978, after a season-ending injury to Phil Chenier. Johnson averaged 8.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists as a member of the 1977–78 NBA Championship team.

Elvin Hayes attributed the Bullets championship run to the acquisition of Johnson.^[1] In the last four games of the 1978 NBA finals against the Seattle SuperSonics, Johnson scored 80 points and helped Washington win the series 4 games to 3. The Bullets topped the Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers to reach the championship round.

Johnson died of cancer on June 1, 2007, aged 58.^[2]

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