Lee Roy Jordan

Lee Roy Jordan

Position: LB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 221 lbs.

Born: April 27, 1941 in Excel, AL
College: Alabama (school history)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1st round (6th overall) of the 1963 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 2nd round (14th overall) of the 1963 AFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 101 (137th overall since 1950)
5-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Hall of Fame finalist in 1988

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Fine Details · Last updated May 19, 2013 9:25PM

All-Time Rank: #163. Art Donovan… #164. Jack Christiansen… #165. Len Dawson… #166. LEE ROY JORDAN… #167. Larry Allen… #168. Norm Van Brocklin… #169. Pat Fischer…

All-Time Rank: #163. Art Donovan… #164. Jack Christiansen… #165. Len Dawson… #166. LEE ROY JORDAN… #167. Larry Allen… #168. Norm Van Brocklin… #169. Pat Fischer…

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty	AV
1963	22	DAL	RLB	55	7	7		3	41	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0				4
1964	23	DAL	RLB	55	12			1	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0				9
1965	24	DAL		55	13																1
1966	25	DAL	MLB	55	14			1	49	1	49	0	0	0	1	28	0				10
1967*	26	DAL	MLB	55	14			3	85	1	40	0								1	10
1968*	27	DAL	MLB	55	14			3	17	0	7	0	0	0	2	9	0				12
1969*+	28	DAL	MLB	55	14			2	38	0	38	0	0	0	2	0	0				14
1970	29	DAL	MLB	55	14	0		1	6	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0				9
1971	30	DAL	MLB	55	14	0		2	34	0	23	0	0	0	3	0	0				9
1972	31	DAL	MLB	55	14	0		2	18	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0				10
1973*	32	DAL	MLB	55	14			6	78	1	31	0	0	1	0	0	0				17
1974*	33	DAL	MLB	55	14			2	23	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0				12
1975	34	DAL	MLB	55	14	0		6	80	0	38	0	0	1	2	0	0				10
1976	35	DAL	MLB	55	14	14							0	0	1	0	0				9
Career					186	21		32	472	3	49	0	0	2	18	37	0			1	136

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	IntTD	AllTD	Sfty	Pts
1966	25	DAL	MLB	55	14	1	1		6
1967*	26	DAL	MLB	55	14	1	1	1	8
1973*	32	DAL	MLB	55	14	1	1		6
Career					186	3	3	1	20

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7	Stan West, Donnie Edwards, Vaughan Johnson, Paul Naumoff, Fredd Young, Shane Conlan, Keena Turner, Willie McGinest, Fred Carr, Chip Banks
8	Donnie Edwards, Frank LeMaster, Vaughan Johnson, LaVern Torgeson, Shane Conlan, Chip Banks, Harry Carson*, Fredd Young, Matt Blair, Bob Breunig
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11	Levon Kirkland, Wayne H. Walker, Tom Jackson, Ken Norton, Chris Spielman, Larry Grantham, Mo Lewis, Walt Michaels, John Reger, Donnie Edwards
12	Wayne H. Walker, Dave Wilcox, Tom Jackson, Levon Kirkland, Harry Carson, Larry Grantham, Mo Lewis, Cornelius Bennett, Roy Winston, Bill Bergey
13	Wayne H. Walker, Harry Carson, Larry Grantham, Cornelius Bennett, Tom Jackson, Mo Lewis, Dave Wilcox, Bill Bergey, Roy Winston, Levon Kirkland
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1967 1968 1969 1973 1974	First-Team All-Pro 1969	Approximate Value 1973 NFL 17 (8) Career 136 (122)	Approximate Value (Weighted) Career 101 (136)
Non-Offensive TDs 1966 NFL 1 (7)	Playoff Games Career 19 (75)	Playoff Games Started Career 19 (23)	Fumbles Recovered Career 18 (132)
Fumble Return Yds 1966 NFL 28 (6)	Interceptions 1973 NFL 6 (4) 1975 NFL 6 (7) Career 32 (166)	Intercept. Ret. Yds Career 472 (176)	Intercept. Ret. TD 1966 NFL 1 (3) 1967 NFL 1 (8) 1973 NFL 1 (3) Career 3 (117)
Safeties 1967 NFL 1 (1/18) Career 1 (72)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1966	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1968	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1969	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1969	2nd Team	All-NFL	Sporting News
1973	1st Team	All-Conf.	Associated Press
1973	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1973	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News
1973	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1973	2nd Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1973	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1973	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1973	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly
1975	1st Team	All-Conf.	Pro Football Weekly
1975	1st Team	All-Conf.	Sporting News

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