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What a great surprise to open this morning's rtdnews to find this photo of urichmond spiderathletics Hall of Fame member Bill Jordan (UR '53)! To this day he is one of the truly great men we've had the opportunity meet and spend time with. - Not only a tremendous student-athlete and coach for the Spiders, Bill Jordan was also an accomplished professor for over two decades and at one time managed the intramural/recreational sports department before his retirement in ~1999. He also started Richmond's Women's Track & Field program as a varsity sport in 1976. - - Coach Bill Jordan Biography - **1945-Graduated Thomas Jefferson High School (Richmond, Virginia) **1946-Entered Merchant Marine (Tour in Northern Poland) **1946-Inducted into the Army as a paratrooper in the fall. (Assigned mostly to Japan) **1948-Enrolled at the University of Richmond (Pre-engineering student) 1950-Recalled into the Army Engineers (Japan) **1951-Returned to University of Richmond (education major) **1953-Graduate...

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