Eric Johnson was a prolifically talented rover who enjoyed an illustrious ten season career with Norwood during which he played 124 league games and booted 92 goals. In 1925, his first season, he was a member of the Redlegs combination which overcame West Torrens by a point in the grand final. He played in a second premiership team four years later. In 1933 he was appointed club captain and steered his side to the grand final from 4th place on the ladder, but West Torrens proved to have the Redlegs measure. After retiring as a player at the end of the 1934 season Johnson was immediately elected to the club committee. Two years later he became Norwood's treasurer, a role he fulfilled for the next thirty-eight years. A room at the Redlegs club is named in his honour.

*Courtesy of John Devaney at www.fullpointsfooty.net

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