| Date | Transaction |
| 02-28-2003 | Willie Johnson has retired from football. |
| 08-27-2000 | The Cleveland Ironmen have automatically waived Willie Johnson to comply with the 65-man roster limit. |
| 08-21-2000 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Gary Wray, Ron Low, and Albert Signaigo to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Greg Imlay, Tito Sims, Willie Johnson, Clendon St.Louis, and Ephesians Kerrigan to the inactive roster. |
| 04-30-2000 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Dutch Sullivan, David Hull, Kent Blue, Tom Yellowbird, Fred Von Oelhoffen, Sylvester Wilcox, Dan Moore, Carl Young, Willie Johnson, Carlos Johnson, Bennie McRae, Jerry Howard, Leon Crow, Alvin Batteaux, and Glenn Jilek to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Richie Aurora, Kenyon Slaughter, Tony Ruud, Ziggy Czarobski, Reb Wickersham, Big Daddy Lipscomb, John Perko, Jack Lee, Norm Pruce, Hull Whelan, Doug Engles, Moses Branch, Larry Ford, and Billy Joe Mantooth to the inactive roster. |
| 01-31-2000 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire; however, as he was traded or waived after the deadline and has not spent a full week on the wire, he will not be eligible for the postseason. |
| 01-31-2000 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 01-31-2000 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 01-16-2000 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 01-16-2000 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 09-05-1999 | The Cleveland Ironmen have automatically waived Willie Johnson to comply with the 65-man roster limit. |
| 08-30-1999 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 08-23-1999 | The San Diego Pirates have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 05-02-1999 | The San Diego Pirates have moved Willie Johnson to the active roster. |
| 05-02-1999 | The San Diego Pirates have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 08-24-1998 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 08-24-1998 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Ziggy Czarobski, John Perko, Jack Lee, and Moses Branch to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Bob Kelly, Steve Clemons, Dutch Sullivan, and Willie Johnson to the inactive roster. |
| 08-10-1998 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Bob Kelly, Al Crawford, Dutch Sullivan, Henry Williams, John Lott, Renard Pittman, Rufe Buck, Hull Whelan, Alvin Batteaux, Willie Johnson, Carlos Johnson, and Bill Whelan to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Reb Wickersham, Roman Hobbs, Richie Aurora, Billy Joe Mantooth, Ziggy Czarobski, John Perko, Herb Adderley, Tony Ruud, Jack Lee, Doug Engles, Moses Branch, and Big Daddy Lipscomb to the inactive roster. |
| 01-26-1998 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire; however, as he was traded or waived after the deadline and has not spent a full week on the wire, he will not be eligible for the postseason. |
| 01-26-1998 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 01-26-1998 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 11-16-1997 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 11-16-1997 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 09-28-1997 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 09-28-1997 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 09-14-1997 | The Cleveland Ironmen have automatically waived Willie Johnson to comply with the 53-man roster limit. |
| 09-08-1997 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 09-08-1997 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 09-08-1997 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 09-01-1997 | The Providence Devine have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 08-24-1997 | Willie Johnson of the Providence Devine is injured with a hip contusion and is expected to be out for approximately 8 days. |
| 08-18-1997 | The Providence Devine have moved Willie Johnson to the active roster. |
| 08-18-1997 | The Providence Devine have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 08-11-1997 | The Memphis Vanguard have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 08-04-1997 | The Memphis Knights have moved Red Williams, Dan Johnson, Kim Hanneman, Curtis Dumler, Jeff Shoals, and Merv Dinkel to the active roster. The Memphis Knights have moved Drew Dyal, Jerry Lewis, Willie Johnson, Dave Prescott, and Daryl Cox to the inactive roster. |
| 09-30-1991 | The Toronto Wolves have moved Willie Johnson to the active roster. The Toronto Wolves have moved Canute Johnson to the inactive roster. |
| 09-23-1991 | The Toronto Wolves have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 09-22-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have automatically waived Willie Johnson to comply with the 53-man roster limit. |
| 09-16-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 09-16-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 09-16-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 09-16-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have waived Willie Johnson. |
| 09-16-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 09-08-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have automatically waived Willie Johnson to comply with the 53-man roster limit. |
| 09-02-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Thelonious Rolls, Joe Hershey, Don Milk, Rick Carlisle, Al Underwood, Putt Choate, Jackie Guba, Moses Arbogast, Tony Ruud, Bruno Sammartino, Charlie Pasteryak, Jim Stillwagon, Reb Wickersham, Big Daddy Lipscomb, Marvel Updike, Herb Adderley, and Paul Warfield to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Billy Lefebvre, Bob Tasca, Ulysses Liberty, Elby Justice, Joe Corn, Jon Griffin, Jake Taylor, Plato Vitalis, Clark Cecil, Bryce Howard, Willie Johnson, Tony Liske, Elijah Baylor, Ivan Fekete, Gerry Philbin, and Lavon Rush to the inactive roster. |
| 08-19-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Willie Johnson and Joe Blahak to the active roster. The Cleveland Ironmen have moved Mike Cibulas to the inactive roster. |
| 08-19-1991 | The Cleveland Ironmen have acquired Willie Johnson from the waiver wire. |
| 08-11-1991 | The Phoenix Prowlers have waived Willie Johnson. |
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