William Edward Bordley (January 14, 1956 – December 16, 2017), also known as Ed Bordley and Eduardo Bordley, was an American paralympic wrestler and associate general counsel. He served as a general attorney for the United States Department of Justice and the FOIA officer for the U.S. Marshals Service. As a wrestler, he won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Paralympics.[1]
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| Born | January 14, 1956 Dover, Delaware, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | December 16, 2017 (aged 61) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Harvard University Harvard Law School | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Associate general counsel, U.S. Department of Justice | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
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Life and career
editBordley was born in Dover, Delaware.[2] He attended Harvard University on an academic scholarship,[3] studying romance languages.[4] He also attended Harvard Law School, earning his JD degree in 1982.[5]
He began working for the U.S. Department of Justice in 1982, in the Drug Enforcement Administration before taking a position with the U.S. Marshals in 1998.[6] He worked as a FOIA officer.[5] He was regularly contacted by the media for information regarding the names of fugitives caught by the Marshals and charges being levied against them.[7] Media reports stated that he would deny requests stating that to comply was a breach of privacy,[8] which prompted concerns when the Marshals arrested Vermont fugitives on state charges but did not abide by Vermont state law requiring the names of those arrested to be released.[9]
Sports career
editIn 1974, while attending Caesar Rodney High School, Bordley won the state championship in the 167-pound weight class in the Delaware Interscholastic Wrestling Tournament.[10] He was awarded a Fran Lore Scholarship from the Lower Delaware Gridiron Club on February 3, 1975, and won third overall in Delaware the same year.[11] He continued wrestling while attending Harvard University.[10]
Bordley competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, winning the gold medal in the men's -82 kg event.[1] In his later life, he competed in bowling, swimming, and boat racing.[11] In 2006, he was one of nine inductees into the Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame.[10]
Death
editBordley died on December 16, 2017, at the age of 61, from thymus cancer.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Arnhem 1980 Paralympic Games Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ a b Silver, Ellie (March 2, 2018). "Ed Bordley, championship-winning blind wrestler and Harvard Law graduate, dies at 61". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
- ^ "Ed Bordley – the student wrestlers, too". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. February 15, 1976. p. 42. Retrieved September 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bordley's Olympic gold medal rewards top student-athlete". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. July 11, 1980. p. 4. Retrieved September 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "FOIA Focus: William Edward Bordley". FOIA Update. Vol. 13, no. 3. Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy. 1992.
- ^ Valmon, Michele Rainey (December 20, 2006). "Ed Bordley". Ivy 50. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ Decker, T; Manning, Ally; Gray, Kathy Lynn; Arenschield, Laura (June 3, 2014). "Justice Insider: Suspect identified as 'Soda Pop Swindler'". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ Gray, Kathy Lynn (January 25, 2013). "Marshals won't release mug shots". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ Dover, Holly; Donoghe, Mike (April 25, 2015). "Experts criticize Marshals for secret arrests". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c Finney, Mike (April 16, 2006). "Grappling with blindness earns spot in hall". The News Journal. Retrieved September 22, 2024 – via Wrestling Pod.
- ^ a b Walter, Andy (January 20, 2018). "From the sports editor: Bordley didn't let blindness stop him from a remarkable life". Bay to Bay Daily State News. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
