Henry Jordan

Henry Jordan

Jordan (far right) with the Packers in Super Bowl I
No. 74
Position:	Defensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1935-01-26)January 26, 1935
Place of birth:	Emporia, Virginia
Date of death:	February 21, 1977(1977-02-21) (aged 42)
Place of death:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:	Newport News (VA) Warwick
College:	Virginia
NFL Draft:	1957 / Round: 5 / Pick: 52
Career history
Cleveland Browns (1957–1958) Green Bay Packers (1959–1969)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl champion (I, II) 5× NFL champion (1961, 1962, 1965–1967) 4× Pro Bowl (1960, 1961, 1963, 1966) 7× All-Pro (1960–1964, 1966, 1967) Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 163 Player stats at NFL.com
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Henry Wendell Jordan (January 26, 1935 – February 21, 1977) was an American football defensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers during his thirteen-year National Football League (NFL) career. He played in the NFL from 1957 to 1969 and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Born in Emporia, Virginia, Jordan graduated from Warwick High School in Newport News in 1953. He played college football at the University of Virginia, where he was the captain of the football team as a senior. Jordan was also an All-American wrestler, the ACC champion and NCAA runner-up in 1957. He was a member of the Beta Chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity at UVA.

Jordan was selected in the fifth round of the 1957 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns, who traded him two years later to the Green Bay Packers prior to Vince Lombardi's first season for a fourth round draft choice. At Green Bay, Jordan was elected to four Pro Bowls (1960, 1961, 1963, and 1966), and he was the Pro Bowl MVP in 1961. Jordan was All-NFL six times, and he was a defensive leader on a Green Bay Packers team that won five of six NFL title games in eight seasons and won the first two Super Bowls.