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{{other people||George Johnson (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = George 'Mallee' Johnson
| image = George Johnson 1910 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Johnson in 1910
| fullname = George Sidney Johnson
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1879|05|31}}
| birth_place = [[Fitzroy, Victoria]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|09|05|1879|05|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Melbourne]], Victoria
| originalteam = [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] ([[Victorian Football Association|VFA]])
| debutdate = Round 1, 6 May 1905
| debutteam = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| debutopponent = [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
| debutstadium = [[Princes Park (stadium)|Princes Park]]
| height = 179 cm
| weight = 80 kg
| position = 
| statsend = 1909
| years1 = 1905–1909
| club1 = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| games_goals1 = 90 (29)
| careerhighlights = *[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] ([[Victorian Football Association|VFA]]) Premiership Player 1902
*[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] Premiership Player 1906, 1907, 1908
*Interstate Games:- 4
*[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] ([[Victorian Football Association|VFA]]) Premiership Player 1910
}}

'''George Sidney "Mallee" Johnson''' (31 May 1879 – 5 September 1948) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Carlton Football Club]] in the [[VFL/AFL|VFL]] between 1905 and 1909.

==Career==
Commencing at [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] in the [[Victorian Football Association|VFA]] in 1901, 'Mallee' Johnson became "''a folk hero to the club ... the first of the super-heroes''".<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Hansen
 | first = B
 | title = Tigerland - The History of the Richmond Football Club From 1885
 | publisher = Richmond Former Players and Officials Assoc.
 | year = 1989
 | location = Melbourne
 | pages =   25}}</ref>
By 1902 he was the dominant big man in the competition and an integral part of [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] winning their first premiership.

He left [[Richmond Football Club|Punt Road]] for the [[VFL/AFL|VFL]] prior to the 1905 season and in his five seasons at [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] the team played in the finals every year, winning the premiership in 1906, 1907 and 1908. Johnson represented the VFL at the [[1908 Melbourne Carnival]].

When legendary [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] coach [[Jack Worrall]] was pressured into resigning in 1909, Johnson was one of the players who chose to leave the club at the end of the season. He went back to the [[Victorian Football Association|VFA]] and played in [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne's]] 1910 premiership side and later with [[Melbourne City Football Club (VFA)|Melbourne City]], where he was the inaugural captain, and [[Prahran Football Club|Prahran]].

==Notes==
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==References==
*Holmesby, R. and Main, J. ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers'' – Sixth Edition, BAS Publishing, Melbourne 2005

==External links==
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*[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=George+Johnson George S Johnson] at [http://www.blueseum.org Blueseum]

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[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)]]
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