death_date death_place birth_place article_title position honors birth_date image college name imagewidth
march 5 , 1918 lunéville , france fredericksburg , texas louis jordan -lrb- american football -rrb-
 guard 1914 college football all-america team january 30 , 1890 louis jordan -lrb- american football -rrb- . jpg texas louis jordan 175
louis jordan -lrb- american football -rrb-

louis john jordan -lrb- january 30 , 1890 -- march 5 , 1918 -rrb- was an american football player .
he played for the university of texas from 1911 to 1914 and was the first texas longhorns player to be selected as an all-american .
jordan was killed by german artillery while serving in france during world war i .
he was among the first four individuals , and the first athlete , inducted into the longhorn hall of honor .
he was also selected as the honorary captain for the all-time university of texas football team in 2009 .
