John Gordy
| Date of birth | July 17, 1935 |
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| Place of birth | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Date of death | January 30, 2009 (aged 73) |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Offensive Guard |
| College | Tennessee |
| NFL draft | 1957 / Round: 2 / Pick: 24 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1957–1967 | Detroit Lions |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Pro Bowls | 3 |
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John Gordy (July 17, 1935 – January 30, 2009) was an American football offensive guard who played for the Detroit Lions in an eleven-year career that lasted from 1957 to 1967 in the National Football League.
Gordy played high school football at the former Isaac Litton High School in Nashville, Tennessee and subsequently college football at the University of Tennessee. While at the University of Tennessee he joined Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. In his senior season, he served as captain of the Vols. He was a teammate of Johnny Majors, who served as his alternate captain (and went on to become a legendary coach at the University of Pittsburgh and at Tennessee). The 1956 Vols won the championship of the Southeastern Conference. Gordy was drafted in the second round of the 1957 NFL Draft by the Lions. The 1957 Lions, quarterbacked primarily by Tobin Rote and with Gordy playing a key role in the blocking schemes, won the NFL championship, the last Lions team to do so. He played in three Pro Bowls during his professional career.
Gordy served as president and executive director of the professional football players union, the National Football League Players Association. As such, he was a key negotiator of the first collective bargaining agreement in major professional sports. Shortly after its ratification, he was forced to retire from the NFL due to a lingering knee injury.
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