Rex Johns

Rex Johns
Rex Johns at Adelaide Oval during the 1950's.
Personal information
Full name	Rex Harold Johns
Nickname(s)	Rexie
Date of birth	(1935-05-21)21 May 1935
Date of death	17 December 2009(2009-12-17) (aged 74)
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1954–1963	Port Adelaide	134 (451)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1957, 1960	South Australia	5 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1963.
Career highlights
4x Port Adelaide premiership player (1956, 1957, 1958, 1962) 6x Port Adelaide leading goal-kicker (1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963) 4x SANFL leading goal-kicker (1956, 1958, 1963, 1966)

Rex Harold Johns (21 May 1935 – 16 December 2009) was an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

During an era of dour defence, Johns' ability to score goals at an average 3.37 per game was exceptional. During his time at the club he won the club's leading goalkicker award six times and the competition's award four times. He was a member of four premiership teams for Port Adelaide.

Rex Johns died after a long battle with cancer on the 16 December 2009 at the age of 74.