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Phil Jordon had a tremendous professional career following his high school years in Northern California and college career at Whitworth of Spokane, and following his retirement because of injury, moved to Tacoma, where he played semi-pro ball for some of the teams that proliferated during the area following the end of his NBA career in 1963. Jordon averaged 10.9 points per game over his nine-year NBA career and was one of the first outstanding Native American players in the game. Jordon died tragically in 1965 when a raft he was testing in the Puyallup River broke apart. Two others made it to shore successful, but Jordon’s body was not recovered until months later in the Puget Sound. His son, Jon, ended up starring at Stadium High and playing at Centralia CC and Central Washington University.Lexicon
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Jordon, Phil