Lee Roy Jordan
Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame
Alabama
Sugar Bowl: 1962
Inducted: 2024
A star linebacker and center for the Alabama team that established the Crimson Tide as a national force, Lee Roy Jordan led Alabama to a 29-2-2 mark in his three years of terrorizing opponents. Jordan and the Tide capped Bear Bryant’s first Alabama national championship season with a 10-3 victory over Arkansas in the 1962 Sugar Bowl. While Jordan didn’t earn MVP honors, he tallied 13 tackles and led a defense which held the Razorbacks to just 168 yards of offense. The following year, Jordan turned in a legendary 30-tackle performance in ’Bama’s 17-0 victory over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl. The Excel, Ala., native was a unanimous All-America selection as a senior in 1962 and then went on to a 14-year career with the Dallas Cowboys. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983. His legendary coach said of Jordan, “He was one of the finest football players the world has ever seen. If runners stayed between the sidelines, he tackled them. He never had a bad day; he was 100 percent every day in practice and in the games.” Jordan passed away on August 20, 2025.
