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Ralph Jordan was born on 25 September, 1910 in Selma, Alabama, U.S., is an American football and basketball coach (1910–1980). Discover Ralph Jordan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 25 September, 1910
Birthday 25 September
Birthplace Selma, Alabama, U.S.
Date of death 17 July, 1980
Died Place Auburn, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1910

James Ralph "Shug" Jordan (September 25, 1910 – July 17, 1980) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and basketball.

1913

Jordan met Evelyn Walker (1913–2011), a native of Augusta, Georgia, and a student at the University of South Carolina, when Jordan accompanied the Auburn University basketball team to a tournament there in 1934.

1932

A 1932 graduate of Auburn, he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball and was voted the Most Outstanding Athlete in 1932, awarded the Porter Loving Cup.

Jordan was initiated into Theta Chi Fraternity at Auburn, and he started the Delta Beta chapter of Theta Chi at the University of Georgia.

After graduation, Jordan became the head basketball coach and an assistant football coach at Auburn.

1933

Jordan was also the head men's basketball coach at Auburn (1933–1942, 1945–1946) and at the University of Georgia (1946–1950), tallying a career college basketball record of 136–103.

During his time coaching basketball, he also served as an assistant football coach at the two schools.

In ten seasons (1933–1942, 1945–1946) as the head coach of the Auburn Tigers men's basketball team, he compiled a record of 95–77.

Jordan also compiled 45 wins as head basketball coach at Georgia.

In addition to having the most wins by a football coach in Auburn history, Jordan ranks fifth in wins among Tigers basketball coaches.

During World War II, Jordan fought in four major invasions as a United States Army officer.

He saw action in North Africa and Sicily before being wounded in the invasion of Normandy and receiving a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.

After recovering from his wounds, he continued action in the Pacific theater, serving at Okinawa.

1937

Jordan and Walker married in 1937 and were the parents of three children.

Evelyn Walker Jordan served as a Panhellenic advisor on the Auburn campus and became a licensed couples counsellor.

1951

He served as the head football coach at Auburn University from 1951 to 1975, where he compiled a record of 176–83–6.

He has the most wins of any coach in Auburn Tigers football history.

Prior to being hired as Auburn's head football coach in 1951, Jordan spent one season as an assistant coach of the Miami Seahawks of the All-America Football Conference in 1946, and then four years as an assistant at the University of Georgia.

When he became head football coach at Auburn, he retained assistants Shot Senn (linemen), Joel Eaves (defensive ends), and Dick McGowen as head freshmen team coach, all former Auburn players who had assisted Jordan's predecessor, Earl Brown.

Jordan also hired George L. "Buck" Bradberry (defensive backfield), Homer Hobbs (assistant line), Gene Lorendo (offensive ends), all former Georgia players, and Charlie Waller (offensive backfield).

McGowen also served as Auburn's head baseball coach from 1951 to 1957.

Reflecting Auburn's rise to national prominence under his watch, the stadium's capacity more than tripled during his tenure, from 21,600 when he returned to the Plains in 1951 to 61,261 when he retired.

1957

Jordan's 1957 Auburn squad went undefeated with a record of 10–0 and was named the national champion by the Associated Press.

By 1957 Jordan led Auburn to the Southeastern Conference title and AP national championship.

1971

In 1971, Jordan coached quarterback Pat Sullivan to the Heisman Trophy.

The next year, Jordan's Tigers upset heavily favored, arch-rival Alabama in the Iron Bowl, a victory which became known as Punt Bama Punt.

1973

Auburn's Jordan–Hare Stadium was renamed in Jordan's honor in 1973.

In 1973, the university renamed Cliff Hare Stadium as Jordan–Hare Stadium in Jordan's honor, the first stadium in the United States to be named for an active coach.

1975

When Jordan retired after the 1975 season, he had amassed a record of 176–83–6 for a .675 winning percentage.

1980

Jordan died on July 17, 1980, at his home in Auburn, Alabama after a four-month fight with leukemia.

1982

Jordan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1982.

Born in Selma, Alabama, Jordan was nicknamed "Shug" as a child because of his love for sorghum sugar cane.