William Conrad Jordan (June 25, 1898 – July 13, 1968) was an American rower, born in Cleveland, Ohio, who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. In 1920, he was part of the American boat from the

United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a United States Service academies, federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of ...

(USNA), which won the gold medal in the

men's eight An eight is a rowing boat used in the rowing (sport), sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with Sweep (rowing), sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain (rowing), coxswain, or "cox". Each of th ...

. He graduated from USNA in 1922.

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* * * 1898 births 1968 deaths Sportspeople from Cleveland Rowers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing American male rowers Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub