Plainfield All-Time Greats - #9 - Mike Gordon Jr.

Plainfield Top Ten All-Time Greats Nomination

#9 – Mike Gordon – 2004 –

1^st team Star Ledger All-State – Put Plainfield back on the map as a dominant team.  Led Plainfield to its first State Sectional Championship in 21 years.  Became at the time, only the 2^nd player in Plainfield history to be named Star Ledger 1^st team All-State.  There was a 23-year gap between the previous All-State player Kenny Fields.  Mike went on to Play Division 1 Basketball and play professionally over seas.  Mike has touch Plainfield sports from youth sports all the way to coaching at the high school level.  Coach Lubreski acknowledged Gordon as one of his assistant coaches that was directly responsible for Plainfield’s 4-year consecutive Sectional State Championship run.  An athletic stud out of Plainfield, Mike played football as a quarterback before focusing on basketball.  Mike was also an outstanding baseball player.  A member of one of the best little league team that Plainfield ever had that won the Babe Ruth Little League New Jersey State Title and went on to compete for the National Title.