Lincoln University Athletics

Known as the Godfather of Tennis, Dr. Robert Johnson created the first player development program accessible to African-Americans. A pair of Grand Slam Tournament champions - Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe - came out of the program.

An outstanding running back on Lincoln teams in the early 1920's, he was selected to the Negro All-American football team. 

He was posthumously inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Mid-Atlantic Section Tennis Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.  

A member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Johnson was the first African American to earn staff privileges at Lynchburg VA) General Hospital.