[1] Entering the 1933 NCAA championships, neither the LSU Tigers or Gordy individually were considered favorites.
[2] However, LSU's stars Glenn "Slats" Hardin and Jack Torrance scored a combined three wins and a third place, and with only the pole vault left, LSU had a slim lead over coach Dean Cromwell's University of Southern California.
[6] On his last attempt Gordy cleared 14 ft, tying Graber for first, and LSU won the meet outright;[6] after a remeasurement, the height cleared by Graber and Gordy was ratified as 13 ft 11+1⁄16 in (4.24 m), which was a new meeting record.
[8] At the national (AAU) championships two weeks later Gordy again tied for first, this time with indoor world record holder Keith Brown of Yale.
[11] The 1933 national championships were Gordy's last major meet, as he graduated from LSU and went to work on the oil rigs of Louisiana and later Texas; he eventually became an Amoco drilling superintendent in Houston.