:Gordon Jolley

{{Short description|American football player (born 1949)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Gordon Jolley

| number = 64

| position = Guard
Tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|5|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Provo, Utah, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| weight_lb = 250

| height_in = 5

| high_school = Granite (Utah)

| college = Utah

| draftyear = 1971

| draftround = 17

| draftpick = 436

| pastteams =

• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1972|1975}})
• Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1976|1977}})

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 59

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 24

| pfr = JollGo20

}}

Gordon Harold Jolley (born May 22, 1949) is an American former professional football player who played in seven National Football League (NFL) seasons from 1971 to 1977 for the Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks. He was an inaugural member of the Seattle Seahawks.[http://www.beckys-place.com/jolley.html Seattle Seahawks Spirit of '76 Gordon Jolley] He was also a prep All-American his senior year (1967) in basketball at Granite High in South Salt Lake, Utah.{{cite web | last=Pattison | first=Dan | title=Jolley made the most of his athletic career | website=Deseret News | date=2000-10-22 | url=https://www.deseret.com/2000/10/22/19535177/jolley-made-the-most-of-his-athletic-career/ | access-date=2025-02-24}}

Jolley's youngest son, Doug Jolley, played five seasons in the NFL.

Jolley currently teaches Math at Dixie State College of Utah where he was previously the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the football team for 21 years. He was also head coach of the baseball team for 10 years. His baseball teams won the Region 19 championship four years and played in the Junior College World Series twice, in 1989 and 1995.

In 2008, Jolley was inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame.[https://www.deseret.com/2008/11/19/20286816/2008-utah-sports-hall-of-fame-honorees/ 2008 Utah Sports Hall of Fame Honorees]

Jolley is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and has served as a member of a stake high council.{{Cite web |url=http://www.meridianmagazine.com/sports/011207dixie.html |title=A Good Example at Dixie State College |access-date=2008-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014173447/http://www.meridianmagazine.com/sports/011207dixie.html |archive-date=2007-10-14 |url-status=dead }}