Ron Johnson (cornerback)

Ronald Johnson was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for seven seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.

Biography

Johnson was a 1974 graduate of Detroit's Northwestern High School; he played collegiate football for Eastern Michigan University. Ron Johnson was selected by the Steelers in the first-round of the 1978 NFL draft.
He is one of at least 345 List of [NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy|NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy], which is caused by repeated hits to the head.