Career
He was recruited from the Central District Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) to Hawthorn, but did not play a senior game for the Hawks. In 1990 he was selected by Fitzroy with the 15th selection in the 1990 Preseason Draft. His great-grandfather, Joe Johnson, was a Fitzroy football player and credited with being the first Indigenous Australian to play in the Victorian Football League.
Their grandfather, Percy Johnson played for North Melbourne.