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The Dallas Cowboys are mourning for the loss of one of the famous franchise defensive players.
Lee Roy Jordan, a star supporter who played in the first winning team of the Super Bowl of the Cowboys in 1971, died at age 84.
The cowboys announced Jordan’s death on Saturday, but did not provide details about the moment or cause of death.
Jordan played under the deceased Paul “Bear” Bryant during his outstanding career in Alabama. Dallas selected him in the first Round of the NFL Draft of 1963.
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The supporter Lee Roy Jordan of the Dallas Cowboys is interviewed in the locker room after the Super Bowl on January 18, 1976, at Orange Bowl in Miami. (Collection Kidwiler/Diamond images)
Jordan was a large part of the “defense of the Doomsday” of the team that led the cowboys to a Super Bowl title in a 24-3 victory over the Miami Dolphins during the 1971 season. He retired from the NFL in 1976. The cowboys won their second championship the following year.
Jordan, five times professional, was the first player included in the team’s honor ring under the property of Jerry Jones.
Jordan is still the second in the list of tacle of all time of the team with 1,236. Darren Woodson, security in the Dallas teams that won three Super Bowls in the 1990s, has 1,350.
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“With intrepid instincts, leadership and relentless work ethics, Jordan was the incarnation of the spirit of the cowboys,” the team said. “Outside the countryside, his commitment to his community was the centerpiece of his life after retiring in 1976.”
The Dallas Cowboys supporter, Lee Roy Jordan, plays against the Washington Redskins at the RFK stadium in Washington, DC, during the 1970s. (Focus on Sport/Getty images)
The cowboys were known as “next year champions” after the famous defeat of “Ice Bowl” against the Green Bay Packers in 1967, when the Packers won their second consecutive title in the Super Bowl II. Three years later, Dallas lost to the Baltimore Colts in a last second -second field goal in the Super Bowl.
The progress finally came a year later with a group of supporters led by Jordan and Chuck Howley, along with the defensive Tackle Bob Lilly, whose 29 yards sack of Bob Griese was the play of the Super Bowl victory.
Lee Roy Jordan is still the second on the list of tacle of all cowboys with 1,236. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
Jordan was included in the 1983 College football hall.
