LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Arguably the greatest Aggie football player of all time and a member of the Ring of Honor, Charley Johnson, passed away at the age of 85 on Tuesday, September 3.
Johnson, a 1970 inductee into the US Bank/NM State Athletics Hall of Fame, led NM State during its greatest two-year stretch in program history as he was instrumental in guiding the Aggies to 19 wins across two seasons. This stretch included back-to-back wins in the Sun Bowl where he was named the game's MVP in both 1959 and 1960. Johnson remains the only player in Sun Bowl history to win the MVP in consecutive seasons.