Lee Roy Jordan

Lee Roy Jordan
Position (s): Linebacker	Jersey number (s): 55
born April 27, 1941 Excel , Alabama
Career information
Active : 1963 - 1976
NFL Draft : 1963 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
College : University of Alabama
Teams
Dallas Cowboys (1963-1976)
Career statistics
Games	186
Touchdowns	3
Interceptions	32
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl Winner ( VI ) 5 × Pro Bowl (1967-1969, 1973, 1974) 5 × All-Pro (1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975) 1st + 2nd team Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor College Football Hall of Fame (1983) Texas Sports Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Lee Roy Jordan (born April 27, 1941 in Excel , Alabama , USA ), nickname "Killer", is a former American American football player in the position of linebacker . He played fourteen years for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL) and won Super Bowl VI with them . In 1983 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame .

Player career

college

Jordan played American football in his hometown high school . He studied from 1960 to 1962 at the University of Alabama , where he was also active as a football player and played on the position of a center . Coach of the team of his college was Bear Bryant , one of the most successful coaches in college football . In 1960, Jordan was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the game in his rookie year after his team's bowl game . In 1961, his team won the Sugar Bowl against the University of Arkansas 10-3. In the same year, his team was named national college champion. In 1962, Jordan was elected All-American . Bryant called Jordan one of the greatest football players of all time, always ready to perform. The NFL scouts had become aware of him through his achievements .

Tom Landry

NFL

In 1963, Lee Roy Jordan was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round as the sixth player in the NFL Draft . The Cowboys franchise played its first NFL season in 1960. The Dallas team coached by Tom Landry was one of the worst teams in the league. However, Landry was considered an excellent defense specialist. By hiring young, hopeful young players like Bob Lilly or Chuck Howley , he was able to decisively strengthen the team's defense . Jordan became an integral part of the team's defense. As a rookie , he was able to establish himself as a starter .

In the 1966 season, the Cowboys succeeded in signing Ernie Stautner . The former defensive tackle and Pro Bowl player of the Pittsburgh Steelers looked after the defense of the Cowboys until 1988 . The efforts of Landry and Tex Schramm , the general manager of the Cowboys, to gradually strengthen their team, showed their first success this year. Jordan was able to move into the play-offs for the first time with his team , where they were eliminated early against the Green Bay Packers with 34:27. In 1967 they moved into the finals again. In the Ice Bowl they were again subject to the Packers, this time with 21:17. After the 1970 season, Jordan was able to move into the Super Bowl for the first time with the Cowboys . In Super Bowl V , however, the Baltimore Colts were able to prevail with 16:13. The following year, the Cowboys won Super Bowl VI against the Miami Dolphins 24-3 . After the 1975 season, Jordan was able to move into the Super Bowl for the third time. However, his team could not prevail against the Pittsburgh Steelers and lost in Super Bowl X with 21:17. After another year playing with the Texas team , Jordan ended his career in 1976.

Jordan played for the Cowboys for fourteen years. He and his team made it into the play-offs ten times, including three times to the Super Bowl, and is still on the best list of the Dallas team with numerous individual records.

Cowboys Stadium with the Ring of Honor

Honors

Lee Roy Jordan played five times in the Pro Bowl and was voted All-Pro five times . Jordan's name is on the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor, and he is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame .

Off the NFL

Jordan owns a timber trade and is socially committed.

Web links

• Short biography of Lee Roy Jordan
• Jordan biography
• Lee Roy Jordan wood store
• Jordan in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website Paul W. Bryant Museum
2. ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1966
3. ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1967
4. ^ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1970
5. ↑ Super Bowl V statistics
6. ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1971
7. ↑ Super Bowl VI statistics
8. ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1975
9. ↑ Statistics Super Bowl X
10. ↑ Scholarship from Lee Roy Jordan ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.