Jeff Jordan (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American football player
Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1945
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Jeff Jordan (American football)
- Jeffrey Lincoln Jordan (born July 12, 1945 in St.
- Louis, Missouri) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and the Washington Redskins.
- He played college football at the University of Washington. He graduated from Central Valley High School in Spokane, Washington in 1963.
- After being a reserved running back on Central Valley's team as a junior, he burst onto the scene as a senior and became an all-state running back which earned him a football scholarship to the University of Washington.
- He played fullback for the Huskies from 1964 through 1966.
- At 6-1, 215, he had outstanding speed, running the 40 yard dash in 4.4.
- During his sophomore season of 1964, he beat out fullback Junior Coffey for the starting position.
- Coffey who went on to play for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL had been an All-Pacific Coast Conference selection.
- As a senior in 1966, Jordan was instrumental in helping the Huskies beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 38-32 in Columbus Ohio, scoring on three short TD runs in the first half.
- A teammate of Jordan's on the Huskies 1966 team was TE Mac Bledsoe who is the father of former Washington State and NFL QB Drew Bledsoe. In Jordan's three-year college career, in which he was hampered by injuries after a fine soph season, he rushed 220 times for 791 yards (3.6 ave) and 11 TDs. Following college, he played 3 years in the NFL for legendary coach George Allen, in 1970, when he played in 9 games for the LA Rams, rushing for 50 yards on 10 carries and one game each in 1971 and 1972 with the Washington Redskins.
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