Will Johnson is a professional Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who plays as a defender for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Johnson was recruited from the Sandringham Zebras

Sandringham Zebras

The Sandringham Football Club, nicknamed The Zebras, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that was formed in 1929 and plays in the Victorian Football League . The Zebras have a 5 year alignment agreement with AFL club St Kilda Football Club of which the first season was 2009...

 in the Victorian Football League

Victorian Football League

The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

 after beginning his football career for the Collegians football club in the Victorian amateur league where he was sidelined with a shoulder injury before playing with Sandringham.

According to the St Kilda website, Johnson's backline play is comparable to that of former Geelong backman

Backman

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 Matthew Egan.

• Height: 191 cm
• Weight: 91 kg
• Player number: 38