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
John S. Johnson ancestry. He retired from competitive cycling in 1900. He died January 17, 1934, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Section 11, Lot 828, Grave 1. His wife, Jennie V. Johnson, is buried next to him in Grave 2. His headstone has the silhouette of a bicycle, and an ice skate, carved into it. For more early American bicycle racing history, see the League of American Wheelmen and Major Taylor. John S. Johnson John S. Johnson (May 11, 1873–January 17, 1934) was an early American cyclist and speed skater. He was the first to bicycle 1-mile in