Posted on 08/31/2025 4:48:01 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Lee Roy Jordan, whose ferocious play in the 1960s and ’70s made him one of the most feared linebackers in college and the NFL and the dean of the Dallas Cowboys’ fabled Doomsday Defense, died Saturday in Dallas hospice of kidney failure, his son, David, said. He was 84.
Over a career in which he played an integral role in Bear Bryant’s first national championship at Alabama as well as the Cowboys’ first Super Bowl win, Jordan raised the standard of play with relentless effort and preparation, and by demanding the best from his teammates.
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RIP
Rest In Peace, Lee Roy Jordan.
Landry quote was if they stay inside the sidelines, Leroy will get them.
RIP
I believe Bear Bryant said that sidelines quote.
He was a truly awesome player. I loved watching him play so much as a young girl, I wanted to be a middle linebacker. Course, I quickly grew out of that notion.
I miss the old Landry Cowboys.
I despise what Jerry Jones has done to the team.
Well said. Even being an Eagles fan I could not help admiring the Cowboys in their heyday.
I’m not a Cowboy’s fan, but I miss Tom Landry and players like Roger Staubach. The NFL needs more men like this.
Yup, you are right, it was Bryant.
RIP LeRoy
RIP...
As an ardent Redskin fan, I have many memories of the havoc this great Cowboy could create on a football field...
84 is too young to go...
Did he ever get voted into Canton?
Another reason to despise the NFL if he didn’t.
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