Image from Old Judge card set	William F. Jordon Born: November 26, 1867 Died: May 21, 1911 Goto Baseball Reference for William F. Jordon c Majors: No
	Minneapolis Position: c First game: DNP Last game: # of games: 0	Signed by Minnesota in January 1888. Released May 2, 1888. Player profile from the Minneapolis Star Tribune (March 17, 1888). Player profile from the St. Paul Globe (March 18, 1888).

William Jordan was signed by Minnesota in January, 1888 after playing briefly with Duluth at the end of the 1887 season. "He is a heavy batter, a good runner and excellant at backtops and throwing to bases," crowed the Minnesota Star Tribune after his signing (January 23, 1888). The same paper reported he was from Milwaukee, just 20 years old, and had a .388 batting record and a .897 fielding with Reed City in 1887 (March 17, 1888). They also reported he was in Waukon, Iowa training for the season.

Jordan appeared in at least one spring game for Minniapolis, but with the club having Frank Graves and Bill Krieg to start the season, Jordan was cut on May 2, along with John Shaw, after Podge Wiehe was signed. He subsequently signed with London (Ontario) in the International League.

Jordan signed with Joliet in the Illinois-Iowa League for the 1890 season, but seems to have been gone from the club by the end of May. That was his last known stint in profressional baseball. However, Will F. Jordan caught for the ball club in Alma, Kansas in 1893 (Alman News, November 30, 1893 and December 1, 1893). A few years later, W.F. Jordan caught for a club based at Fort Thomas, Arizona, in 1895 (Arizona Republic, September 19, 1895). By this time, Jordan had enlisted in the military, so he was likely stationed at Fort Thomas. He mustered out in 1898 after serving in the Phillipines during the Spanish American War.

In March, 1898, the Nebraska State Journal reported that "W.F. Jordan, who is now carrying a musket for Uncle Sam, will in all probability be given a chance to show Manager Mike [M.J. O'Brien] what he can do this spring" (March 20, 1898). A week later, the Omaha Daily Bee further identified Jordan, noting "he played successfully with Minneapolis and afterwards with the London, Ontario, club" (Match 27, 1898). It further noted his brother was president [Richard Charles] Jordan of the Omaha Board of Education. Jordan did not make the Omaha club. His military records show he enlitsed twice more, in 1898 and again in 1901. He was finally discharged on February 10, 1904.

William Francis Jordan was born in Milwaukee on November 26, 1867, the fifth child of Charles and Mary Jordan. (A Registration of Birth filed in Milwaukee on July 28, 1870 identifies his parents as Richard Jordan and Mary Byrnes. Certificates filed at this time for all of his siblings list these same parents. However, a record of birth for his older brother Richard, with the Boston Archdiocese identifies the parents as Charles Jordan and Mary Donovan, as does the Massachusetts record for his brother Edward.) Jordan's mother died in 1871. He started playing ball in Milwaukke with the amatuer clubs, before becoming a professional in 1887. His military records give his hight as 5' 5 1/2" with blue eys and brown hair. After he departed the military for good in 1904, it is not clear where he lived. He entered a home for disable veterans in 1909, was discharged, and reneterd twice more (again in 1909 and in June 1910). He was discharged from the home on April 1911, and he died on May 21, 1911. The record for one of his admissions indicated he contracted syphillis in the Phillipines. It is possible this was the cause of his death.