Lloyd Jordan
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, U.S. | December 14, 1900
Died | February 24, 1990 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 89)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1921–1923 | Pittsburgh |
Basketball | |
1920–1924 | Pittsburgh |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1928–1931 | Colgate (assistant) |
1932–1949 | Amherst |
1950–1956 | Harvard |
Basketball | |
1928–1932 | Colgate |
1932–1948 | Amherst |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1960–1974 | SoCon (commissioner) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 101–72–8 (football) 159–103 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
6 Little Three (1932, 1934, 1936–1938, 1942) | |
Awards | |
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (1973) | |
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1978 (profile) |
Lloyd P. Jordan (December 14, 1900 – February 24, 1990) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Amherst College from 1932 to 1949 and at Harvard University from 1950 to 1956, compiling a career college football record of 101–72–8. Jordan was also the head basketball coach at Colgate University from 1928 to 1932 and at Amherst from 1932 to 1948, tallying a career college basketball mark of 159–103. He played football, basketball, and baseball at the University of Pittsburgh, from which he graduated in 1924. He served as the commissioner of the Southern Conference from 1960 to 1974. Jordan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1978.
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Amherst Lord Jeffs (Little Three Conference) (1932–1949) | |||||||||
1932 | Amherst | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
1933 | Amherst | 4–3–1 | 0–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
1934 | Amherst | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
1935 | Amherst | 5–3–1 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1936 | Amherst | 5–2–1 | 1–1 | T–1st | |||||
1937 | Amherst | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
1938 | Amherst | 6–0–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
1939 | Amherst | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
1940 | Amherst | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
1941 | Amherst | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1942 | Amherst | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
1943 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1944 | No team—World War II | ||||||||
1945 | Amherst | 1–3–1 | 0–0 | NA | |||||
1946 | Amherst | 3–4 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
1947 | Amherst | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1948 | Amherst | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
1949 | Amherst | 4–4 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
Amherst: | 77–41–5 | 16–13–1 | |||||||
Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1950–1955) | |||||||||
1950 | Harvard | 1–7 | |||||||
1951 | Harvard | 3–5–1 | |||||||
1952 | Harvard | 5–4 | |||||||
1953 | Harvard | 6–2 | |||||||
1954 | Harvard | 4–3–1 | |||||||
1955 | Harvard | 3–4–1 | |||||||
Harvard Crimson (Ivy League) (1956) | |||||||||
1956 | Harvard | 2–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
Harvard: | 24–31–3 | 2–5 | |||||||
Total: | 101–72–8 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1900 births
- 1990 deaths
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