Johnson, Fletcher C. (1931?-2008)

Fletcher C. Johnson was a surgeon and a basketball player. He went to Dwight Morrow High School and was drafted by the National Basketball Association's Syracuse Nationals. He was one of the first African American players to play overseas after he served in the military. After his basketball career, he attended the University of Bologna in Italy receiving a pharmaceutical degree. He graduated with a medical degree from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. He practiced vascular surgery in New City, New York, and Englewood Hospital. He helped start the Maurice Stokes Foundation which supported basketball player Maurice Stokes who experienced a severe brain injury in 1958. He married twice. During the first marriage he had two children, Fletcher Harold and Renee. He married a woman named Jeanne. He had two sons during that time, Benjamin and Fletcher III.

Levin, Jay. "Dr. Fletcher Johnson, 77, formerly of Englewood." The Record, 7 Oct. 2008.

1931?

Englewood, New Jersey, USA

2008-10-04

Levin, Jay. "Dr. Fletcher Johnson, 77, formerly of Englewood." The Record, 7 Oct. 2008.