Johnny Counts

"John Counts" redirects here. For the American academic administrator, see John E. Counts.

Johnny Counts

Date of birth	(1939-02-28)February 28, 1939
Place of birth	New Rochelle, New York
Date of death
Career information
Position(s)	RB
College	University of Illinois
Career history
As player
1962–63	New York Giants
1964–65	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1966	Toronto Argonauts
Honors	Grey Cup champion - 1965
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Johnny Counts (February 28, 1939, in New Rochelle, New York – February 21, 2004) was a professional American football player who played running back for two seasons for the New York Giants. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger Cats, scoring a touchdown in the 1964 Grey Cup, a game which saw the BC Lions beat Hamilton 34–24.

Counts was an All-County running back at New Rochelle High School in 1957. He and his wife Vivian had 2 sons and a daughter.