Magic Johnson Magic Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is an American retired professional basketball player and current president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played point guard for the Lakers for 13 seasons. After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that
George S. Johnson George S. Johnson George Sidney "Mallee" Johnson (31 May 1879 – 5 September 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the VFL between 1905 and 1909. Commencing at Richmond in the VFA in 1901, 'Mallee' Johnson became ""a folk hero to the club ... the first of the super-heroes"". By 1902 he was the dominant big man in the competition and an integral part of Richmond winning their first premiership. He left Punt Road for the VFL prior to the 1905 season and in his five seasons at Carlton the team played in