Mary Johnson is the ex-wife of Jim Kiick, an American football player, who played as a running back for the Miami Dolphins (1968–1974), two seasons with the Denver Broncos (1976–1977) and one with the Washington Redskins (1977). She is a former top-line softball player and retired pharmaceutical representative.
Kiick led Wyoming in rushing three years in a row and was inducted into their athletics Hall of Fame in 1996. Miami drafted Kiick out of Wyoming with a fifth-round pick in the 1968 AFL-NFL draft. He became a starter as a rookie and led the AFL in rushing touchdowns in 1969 with nine.
Kiick was part of a three-headed backfield with Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris during the peak of the Dolphins’ dynasty in the late 1960s and 1970s.
He made the American Football League All-Star team in his first two seasons. He had two touchdowns for the ’72 Dolphins in the AFC Championship Game and also scored in the Super Bowl victory that capped the team’s 17-0 season under Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Don Shula, who died May 4, 2020, at age 90.
In 1975, Kiick, Csonka, and future Hall of Famer Paul Warfield left the Dolphins for the World Football League (WFL) to play for the Memphis Southmen. The WFL folded, and Kiick returned to the NFL for his final two seasons, playing for Denver and Washington.
He finished with his playing career with 3,759 yards rushing and 33 total touchdowns in 115 games.
Mary Johnson was born in 1963. She is 56 years old. However, her ex-husband Jim Kiick was 73 years old. He was born on August 9, 1946, in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, United States. He died on June 20, 2020.
Jim Kiick married his wife Mary Johnson in 1989. The couple divorced in 2000. After the divorce, Mary was remarried to physician Curtis Johnson.
The couple has two children; Austin Kiick and Allie Kiick.
Jim Kiick died on Saturday, June 20, 2020, at the age of 73 following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Jim Kiick’s cause of death was Alzheimer’s disease. His daughter Allie Kiick confirmed his death on Twitter. Allie tweeted: “My dad passed away early this morning [June 20, 2020]. Please understand that my family and I are grieving immensely and we ask that the media/news respects our privacy. Thank you.”
My dad passed away early this morning. Please understand that my family and I are grieving immensely and we ask that the media/news respects our privacy. Thank you pic.twitter.com/kP3ju908Dc
— Allie Kiick (@AllieKiick) June 20, 2020
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