Defensive tackle Henry Wendell Jordan played for the two midwest teams with the most enthusiastic, die-hard fan base: the Cleveland Browns, for two years, and then the Green Bay Packers for his final 11 years in the NFL, from 1959-1969, inclusive.
Jordan was born in the small town of Emporia, Virginia* and played his college football at that State’s University.
*Emporia, Virginia is much smaller than the Kansas city of the same name. Emporia, Kansas counts almost 25,000 human souls as inhabitants, whereas the Emporia in Virginia, Jordan’s hometown, has approximately one-fifth of that tally.
Jordan (no (close) relation to basketball player Michael) was on Green Bay Packers teams that won five NFL championships, including the first two Super Bowls.