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Former UNC back rests knees,
will give USFL a try in spring
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By PAUL GARDNER
Staff Writer
Billy Johnson does not look like your
typical bartender. Maybe a bouncer, but
not a bartender.
Johnson has 230 pounds packed on a
body that is not much over six feet tall
and he looks tailor-made to run over any
defensive back who might get in his way
on the football field. Johnson would be
doing that, too, if not for the current
NFL strike and, more important, a bad
pair of knees that are keeping him off the
gridiron and behind the bar at Chapel
Hill's Pegasus these days.
Johnson, who finished his career at
UNC in 1980, played sparingly for the
Cleveland Browns in 1981. He was re
leased from the pass-happy Browns mid
way through the season. The . Browns
were looking for a big, fast back with a
receiver's binds. Johnson, who was
known primarily as a blocker in college,
was not the man they had in mind. .
"I think I learned a lot from that ex
perience,'! Johnson said of his first en
counter with the NFL. "First of all, I
grew up. I had to discipline myself
because I didn't have someone looking
over my shoulder to tell me I should be at
this meeting or that meeting all the time.
Secondly, I realized that I should have
considered my decision to sign with the
Browns a little more care fully.
"I was a little star struck by the NFL
Field hockey
North Carolina's field hockey team
entered the Old Dominion Tournament
at Norfolk, Va.f Saturday morning with
an ll-5 record and the knowledge that
two wins over the course of the weekend
would probably secure the team a slot in
the elite 12-team NCAA playoff field.
But by late Sunday the Heels were 11-8
for the season, 0-3 for the weekend
and finished for the year.
Coach Karen Shelton still believes that
UNC is one of the top 12 teams in the na
tion, but "we didn't win when we had to
win and we don't deserve to be in the
playoffs," she said. "We had our chance.
We're just a little young. We're almost
there, but we're just not quite consistent
enough." .; A'AAo"
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and had dollar signs in my eyes. 1 didn't
think about the Dolphins offer as much
as I should have."
The Miami Dolphins remembered
, Johnson when he was released, though.
He was invited to camp, and was feeling
pretty good about his chances to make
the team when his left knee began to swell
up. The pain and danger of walking with
a limp forced Johason to leave camp.
The doctors told Johnson that he was
probably born with the defect. His knee
caps are naturally weak, but the huge
thigh muscles that account for the
nickname "Horse" just tear the knee
caps apart. The only thing that can heal
the joints is rest and time.
Johnson, despite the handicap, is an
eternally cheerful and optimistic, person.
Right now he has something to look
forward to with optimism. Johnson just
signed a two-year contract with the )
Philadelphia Stars of the United States;,
Football League. ;
MI think this is the break I've been
looking for," he said. "Everyone coming .
into the league is starting fresh on the i
same level. This is different from the
NFL where rookies have to compete with
an established player for a job."
Not too bad for a guy who didn't start
playing prep athletics until his junior year
of high school. As one of nine children
growing up in Buckingham, Va.,
Johnson had no way to get to and from
school for practices and games. His
junior year, though, the high school got a
drops disappointing trio at ODU
was particularly tough because the teams
had stayed close until the end. Despite
being outshot 40-2, North Carolina car-.
ried a 1-0 lead from the first period and .
held the grip for a tie until ODU scored
with only 37 seconds to play in the game.
Senior Kim Knickerbocker scored the
UNC goal, the final one of her career.
Freshman goalie Jan Miles turned in a
stellar performance, withstanding the
barrage of Lady Monarch shots to chart a
school-record 27 saves.
On Sunday, Carolina turned in a weak
showing in a 2-0 defeat at the hands of
Springfield before playing Maryland a
very respectable 1-0 game in the
weekend's, and the season's, finale.
Previously, Maryland had dealt UNC a
4-3 overtime defeat at the Cavalier
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to the bus stop, but that was better than
the 20 miles he previously had hitched to
school.
"My coach talked me into playing
football my junior year, so L went out.
My junior year I was a fullback, but f was
moved to tailback my senior year," he
said.
The move turned out to be a good one
because Johnson rushed for more than
2,000 yards, 200-plus yards per game, and
scored 18 points per game. He broke all
of his high school's records and signed
with North Carolina. He also found time
to play basketball and compete in track in
high school
. "I realized during my freshman year at
Carolina that I wasn't going to play much
at tailback, so I asked to be moved to
fullback," Johnson said. "I didn't mind
blocking for Amos (Lawrence) and K.B.
(Kelvin Bryant). I realized my job was to
help them get their yardage and I was to
get the short, tough yardage when it was
needed. I got enough satisfaction out of
the tailbacks' 1,000-yard seasons to
make up for my lack of carries."
Johnson is working on a degree in
recreation and will then go for a physical
education degree so he can coach and
work with children. He said he wished he
could have had an opportunity to com
pete at an earlier age, but now encourages
children to get involved when they're
young.
"I tell the kids how much fun sports
"We played well against Maryland,"
Shelton said. "We just had trouble get
ting the ball in the back of the goal."
The weekend action at Norfolk put a
somber lid on an outstanding season for
the North Carolina field hockey team
that was highlighted by. victories over
powerhouses William & Mary and
Virginia. Virginia has been selected for
the NCAA playoffs and is the ACCs on
ly representative.
Shelton is looking forward to next sea
son and will see all but two team members
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are and what great experiences they can
get from them: But I also stress the im
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