KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In another life, Stone Johnson might have joined 1963 AFL Draft classmates Buck Buchanan, Ed Budde, Bobby Bell, Jerrel Wilson and Dave Hill in helping forge a dominant decade for the Chiefs.
The whirlwind who tied a then-world record (20.5 seconds) in the 200-meter dash in the summer of 1960 and ran the third leg of the U.S. 4x100 relay at the Rome Olympics could have been the forerunner of Tyreek Hill.
But Johnson, alas, never played a regular-season game for the Chiefs. The rookie from Grambling State died days after suffering a broken neck in the final preseason game in their first year in Kansas City after moving from Dallas.
