Lee Roy Jordan

Dallas Cowboys (1963-1976)

5 × Pro Bowl selection ( 1967-1969, 1973, 1974 )
5 × All-Pro selection (1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975) 1 2 team
Super Bowl winner VI
Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor
College Football Hall of Fame (1983 )
Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Lee Roy Jordan (* April 27, 1941 in Excel, Alabama, United States), nicknamed " Killer" is a former American football player in the National Football League ( NFL). He played as a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys.

Playing career

College career

Jordan played American football at the high school of his native town. 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 his college was Bear Bryant, one of the most successful coaches in college football. 1960 Jordan was named the MVP of the game in his rookie year after the Bowl game of his team. In 1961 his team won the Sugar Bowl against the University of Arkansas with 10:3. In the same year his team was named national college champion. In 1962, the election of Jordan to the All- American. Bryant referred to Jordan as one of the best football players of all time, who was always ready to provide 100 % power. Through its services, the NFL scouts had become aware of him.

Professional career

In 1963, Lee Roy Jordan was ranked sixth drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of. The franchise played the Cowboys in 1960, the first NFL season. The coached by Tom Landry team from Dallas was one of the worst teams in the league. However, Landry was considered an excellent defensive specialist. Through the commitment of young, promising young players, like Bob Lilly and Chuck Howley he could strengthen the defense of the team crucial. Jordan became an important element in the defense of the team. Even as a rookie, he was able to establish itself as a starter.

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

Jordan played fourteen years for the Cowboys. He was with his team ten times to move into the play -offs and still stands today with numerous individual records in the rankings of the team from Dallas.

Honors

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

Away from the NFL

Jordan has a timber trade and is socially engaged.

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