Lockbaum was raised in Glassboro, New Jersey and spent his prep years at Glassboro High School where he graduated in 1984. Lockbaum attended the College of the Holy Cross, from 1984–1988. He finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy balloting.
In his senior season in 1987 finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting, second in the Maxwell Award voting, and was named the Football News Division I-Associate of Arts Player of the Year.
He was a two-time First Team All-America selection, receiving recognition on offense, defense, and special teams. He was drafted in the 1988 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the ninth round. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
Lockbaum"s son, Gordie Lockbaum, Junior., played shortstop for the Worcester Little League Team in the 2002 Little League World Series, which made the United States Finals that year.
Gordie Junior. attended Amherst College, where he was a defensive back on the football team Lockbaum and his family currently reside in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Lockbaum is currently the head varsity wrestling coach at Worcester Academy, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
