John Gordy

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John Gordy
Career information
Date of birth:	(1935-07-17)July 17, 1935
Place of birth:	Nashville, Tennessee
Date of death:	January 30, 2009(2009-01-30) (aged 73)
Position(s):	Offensive Guard
College:	Tennessee
NFL Draft:	1957 / Round: 2 / Pick: 24
Organizations
As player:
1957-1967	Detroit Lions
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls:	3
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

John Gordy (July 17, 1935 – January 30, 2009) was an American Football offensive guard who played for the Detroit Lions in an eleven-year career that lasted from 1957 to 1967 in the National Football League.

Gordy played college football at the University of Tennessee. While at the University of Tennessee he joined Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He was drafted in the second round of the 1957 NFL Draft by the Lions. He played in three Pro Bowls during his professional career.^[1]

Gordy served as president and executive director of the professional football players union, the National Football League Players Association. He was a key negotiator of the first collective bargaining agreement in major professional sports.

Other Great Organization: John became the state director of Fellowship of Christian Athletes in 1999. At that time, there were only a handful of public high schools that were participating with FCA. By the time John died, nearly every single high school in Southern California had an FCA group on their campus. Gordy considered this his greatest accomplishment.^[1]

He died on January 30, 2009, in Orange, California, after a lengthy battle with cancer.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Associated Press (January 31, 2009), Ex-Lions lineman Gordy dies at 73, retrieved January 31, 2009
↑ Gordy, captain of 1956 SEC championship team, dies at 73

External links

Noland, Claire. "John Gordy, 73, dies; former Detroit Lions lineman led NFL players' union," Los Angeles Times, Sunday, February 1, 2009.

Detroit Lions 1957 NFL Champions

v t e National Football League Players Association executive director

John Gordy (1969) Vacant (1969–1971) Ed Garvey (1971–1983) Gene Upshaw (1983–2008) Richard Berthelsen (2008–2009) # DeMaurice Smith (2009– ) Pound sign (#) denotes interim executive director.

v t e National Football League Players Association presidents

NFLPA presidents Billy Howton (1958–1962) Pete Retzlaff (1962–1964) Ordell Braase (1964–1967) Mike Pyle (1967–1968) John Gordy (1968–1969) John Mackey (1969–1973) Bill Curry (1973–1975) Kermit Alexander (1975–1976) Dick Anderson (1976–1978) Len Hauss (1978–1980) Gene Upshaw (1980–1983) Jeff Van Note (1983–1984) Tom Condon (1984–1986) Marvin Powell (1986–1988) George Martin (1988–1989) Mike Kenn (1989–1996) Trace Armstrong (1996–2004) Troy Vincent (2004–2008) Kevin Mawae (2008–2012) Domonique Foxworth (2012– )

AFLPA presidents Tom Addison (1964–1965) Jack Kemp (1965–1970)

Persondata
Name	Gordy, John
Alternative names
Short description	American football player, offensive lineman
Date of birth	July 17, 1935
Place of birth	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Date of death	January 30, 2009
Place of death

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