Charles Gordon (2023) - E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame - Eastern Michigan University Athletics

Charles Gordon

Induction:
2023
Class:
2001

Football: Graduated in 2001...Four-year football letterman from 1986-89...Earned Special Mention to Sporting News Freshman All-America Head of the Class (1986)...Starting defensive back on EMU’s 1987 Mid-American Conference Championship Team, the first in program history, and helped the team win the California Bowl over San Jose State...Named Third-Team All-American by The Football News in 1987 while also being named honorable mention Division I All-American by the Associated Press that same year...Earned All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) honors for three consecutive years (1987-89)...Earned MAC Player of the Week against Bowling Green (11/12/87)...Led the team in interceptions in 1987 and recorded 12 career interceptions...Recorded the second longest interception return in Rynearson Stadium history in 1987...Led the team in punt returns three times, in 1987, 1988 and 1989...Recorded third-longest punt return for a touchdown in EMU history in 1989 (91 yards)...Named in the 1980s EMU Football All-Decade Roster for Defensive and Special Teams...Went on to play seven years in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and was a CFL All-Star twice - CFL East All-Star in 1996 and a CFL West All-Star in 1994...Member of the Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Roughriders, British Columbia Lions, and Montreal Alouettes...Member of the Lion’s 1994 CFL Grey Cup Championship Team...Nominee for the 1995 CFL Defensive Player of the Year as a member of the Lions...Averaged 8.5 interceptions per season with four returned for touchdowns in the CFL (1994-96)...Recorded 39 career interception in the CFL...Selected as the 70th pick of the 1997 World League Draft (NFL Europe) by the Amsterdam Admirals.