{"id":755485,"date":"2026-02-16T07:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755485\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:09:29","slug":"former-pro-bowl-nfl-lineman-tre-johnson-dies-at-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/755485\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pro Bowl NFL lineman Tre&#8217; Johnson dies at 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1 \/ 8<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Wilbur Wood, baseball, 1941-2026<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/c4a47da99ca60057fee6c75bab77245b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 8<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Wilbur Wood, baseball, 1941-2026<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bd74d45a2a97a25af12ee74f5f7e0c9b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 8<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Phil Goyette, hockey, 1933-206<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7130bcf400d6b7bcff347a099743c635.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3 \/ 8<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Eddie McCreadie, soccer, 1940-2026<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6d9233e8da65814e867652feb317f301.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>4 \/ 8<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Dave Giusti, baseball, 1939-2026<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/d48f006401fd48e887d897699f920604.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5 \/ 8<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">Martin Chivers, soccer, 1945-2026<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3b386004d487f332f84a0c4e8379f81a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>6 \/ 8<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Billy Truax, football, 1943-2026<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b9f1df93608e6f82aab3b66dfaae5407.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>7 \/ 8<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Jawann Oldham, basketball, 1957-2026<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"cropped-img\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2f82b30904b5858f34c74ab84184c8b9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>8 \/ 8<\/p>\n<p>Sports figures we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Robert Pulford, hockey, 1936-2026<\/p>\n<p>Former NFL offensive lineman Tre&#8217; Johnson died on Sunday while the family was on a trip, according to a Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EYEZEDITING\/posts\/pfbid02zzJAVcUGSMwx6KFreHK8qEBDvDCEY8x4GhjaLgm86G6vTQmz6eAMRbtopqxyj2ANl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:post from his wife;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">post from his wife<\/a>, Irene. He was 54 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that my husband, Tre&#8217; Johnson, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly &#8230; during a brief family trip,&#8221; Irene Johnson wrote. &#8220;His four children, Chloe, EJ, EZ and Eden, extended family, friends, and I are devastated and in shock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>After playing college football at Temple, he was selected with the 31st overall pick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/years\/1994\/draft.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:1994 draft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">1994 draft<\/a> by Washington. Johnson spent the first seven seasons of his NFL career in Washington before spending the 2001 season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland-browns\/329\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Browns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to Washington for his final season in the league, starting three of the 10 games he played in during the 2002 season.<\/p>\n<p>He started 72 of the 93 games he played in, and was also named to the Pro Bowl in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/washington-commanders\/363\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Washington Commanders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Washington Commanders<\/a> posted the following on their <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Commanders\/status\/2023214213632491874?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:official X account;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">official X account<\/a>: &#8220;We&#8217;re heartbroken to learn of the loss of former Washington All-Pro guard Tre&#8217; Johnson. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After finishing his NFL career, he became a history teacher at Landon School, a private school in Bethesda, Maryland. Johnson had taken a leave of absence from the school due to recent health issues, according to his wife.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2026\/02\/16\/former-nfl-lineman-tre-johnson-dies-at-54\/88698094007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Former NFL lineman Tre&#039; Johnson dies at 54;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Former NFL lineman Tre&#8217; Johnson dies at 54<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 \/ 8 Sports figures we lost in 2026 Wilbur Wood, baseball, 1941-2026 1 \/ 8 Sports figures&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[108091,7,6,108090,855,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-755485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-family-trip","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-tre39-johnson","12":"tag-washington","13":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116079059935296369","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}