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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. | May 21, 1943||||||||||||||
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 / round: 4 / pick: 54 | ||||||||||||||
AFL draft: | 1965 / round: Redshirt 1 / pick: 4 | ||||||||||||||
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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. 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.