Ed Jordan graduated from Jim Thorpe High School in 1966. During his senior year, Jordan became the first Jim Thorpe football player to lead the Carbon County Area in scoring with 102 points.

He achieved that total playing in an eight-game season in 1965 while most of the other Carbon County teams were playing 10 games. He rushed for 16 touchdowns (an average of two per game) and six extra points. He rushed for a total of 789 yards during the season with his best games coming against Marian (150 yards rushing and three TDs), Pleasant Valley (116 yards rushing and two TDs), Pocono Mountain (114 yards and three TDs), Tri-Valley (122 yards and three TD's) and Northwestern (139 yards and three TD's).Jordan became only the sixth player in Carbon County history to score over 100 points in a season and the only player to score over 100 points in an eight-game season.Jordan also played baseball and basketball during high school and was elected Vice President of his class in 1964 and named to the National Honor Society in 1966.He attended Albright College after graduation and transferred to Western Carolina in Cullowhee, NC where he graduated in 1970 with a BS in Chemistry. In 1970 he was chosen the Outstanding Senior Chemistry Student at Western Carolina and received the Sigma Xi Research Award.Jordan retired in 2003 as Quality Control Manager for BASF in Anderson, SC. His wife, Jean, is also retired.The Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame banquet will be held on Saturday, Aug. 16 at the Jim Thorpe Memorial Hall. Cocktail hour will begin at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., the induction ceremonies at 7:15 p.m. and entertainment will follow beginning at 8:30 p.m.Tickets for the induction ceremonies and the entire evening can be obtained by calling Craig Zurn at 570-325-3855/3631, Ron Sheehan at 570-325-4244, Wilmer Redline at 570-325-3073 or Jack Kmetz at 570-325-4923.During the next few weeks, the TIMES NEWS will be featuring highlights of each inductee into the Jim Thorpe Area Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2014.