ROH 105-Johnson-Shively

Clyde Johnson

Clyde Johnson owns the honor of being the University Of Kentucky’s first All-American in football. He was named a first-team All-American and first-team ALL-Southeastern Conference by the Associated Press in 1942. Johnson played two seasons (1946-47) in the NFL with Los Angeles Rams. 

Bernie Shively

Bernie A. Shively served as director of athletics at the University of Kentucky for 30 years and supervised major expansions of UK athletic facilities during his tenure. He is responsible for the expansion of Stoll Field/McLean Stadium in 1948, 1949, and 1950 to increase the seating capacity to 37,500. Shively is also credited with the construction of Memorial Coliseum (11,500) in 1950 and for what is now known as the Shively Sports Complex that was constructed in 1959. The complex includes the football practice fields and is now home to Kentucky baseball and track & field. In addition to being the head coach of the football team for a year in 1945, Shively was also a Chairman of the NCAA Basketball Tournament Committee.