{"id":477890,"date":"2026-02-16T05:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/477890\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T05:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:12:11","slug":"tre-johnson-the-former-nfl-offensive-lineman-who-became-a-high-school-history-teacher-dies-at-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/477890\/","title":{"rendered":"Tre\u2019 Johnson, the former NFL offensive lineman who became a high school history teacher, dies at 54"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Tre\u2019 Johnson, the former standout Washington offensive lineman who went on to become a Maryland high school history teacher, died Sunday. He was 54.<\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s wife, Irene, announced the death in a Facebook post<\/a>, saying he died during a short family trip.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I inform you that my husband, Tre\u2019 Johnson, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly … during a brief family trip,” she wrote. “His four children, Chloe, EJ, EZ and Eden, extended family, friends, and I are devastated and in shock.\u201d<\/p>\n

After starring at Temple, Johnson was drafted by Washington 31st overall in 1994. He played for Washington through 2000, spent 2001 with Cleveland and returned to Washington for a final year in 2002. The 6-foot-2, 328-pound guard was a Pro Bowl selection in 1999.<\/p>\n

After football, he became a history teacher at the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. His wife said recent health issues had forced him to take a leave of absence.<\/p>\n

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AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/a><\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Tre\u2019 Johnson, the former standout Washington offensive lineman who went on to become a Maryland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,193736,193734,193735,514,13591,82,10999,3642],"class_list":["post-477890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-family-trip","tag-history-teacher","tag-maryland-high-school-history","tag-nfl","tag-offensive-lineman","tag-sports","tag-tre-johnson","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}