Lynbert R. Johnson (born September 7, 1957, in New York, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was selected in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, playing nine games for them in the 1979-80 season, averaging 3.0 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. During his tenure at Wichita State University his nickname was 'Cheese' due to his first name sounding like Limburger, a type of cheese. Johnson was inducted into...
More
Lynbert R. Johnson (born September 7, 1957, in New York, New York) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was selected in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, playing nine games for them in the 1979-80 season, averaging 3.0 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. During his tenure at Wichita State University his nickname was 'Cheese' due to his first name sounding like Limburger, a type of cheese. Johnson was inducted into the Wichita State Shocker Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.
Cheese attended Haaren High School in Harlem, New York. He was rated as one of the Top 15 High School players in the nation his senior year. He was a New York City playground legend and was virtually unstoppable from fifteen feet and in. While at Wichita State, Cheese was one of the top players in the Missouri Valley Conference. At 6'5 Cheese could play all positions on the court. At Wichita it was common for Cheese to score twenty points and collect ten rebounds per game. Cheese Johnson...
Less
