Johnny Roland
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | May 21, 1943 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.  | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Roy Miller  (Corpus Christi, Texas)  | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Missouri (1962, 1964–1965) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1965: 4th round, 54th pick | ||||||||||||||
| AFL draft: | 1965: Redshirt 1st round, 4th pick | ||||||||||||||
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Johnny Earl Roland (born May 21, 1943) is an American former professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played as a running back for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1966 to 1972 and the New York Giants in 1973. Roland played college football for the Missouri Tigers, earning consensus All-American honors as a defensive back in 1965. He was the star running back of the first racially integrated high school team to win a Texas state football championship. After his playing days, he served as an assistant coach with the number of NFL teams and at the University of Notre Dame. Roland was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1998.