Rags Matthews

Rags Matthews

TCU Horned Frogs
Position	End
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(1905-08-17)August 17, 1905 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Died:	January 2, 1999(1999-01-02) (aged 93) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Career history
College	TCU (1925–1927)
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-American (1927) First-team All-SWC (1927)
College Football Hall of Fame (1971)

Raymond "Rags" Matthews (August 17, 1905 – January 2, 1999)[1] was an American football player at Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1920s. A Fort Worth, Texas native, Matthews attended Polytechnic High School before TCU. He lettered three times under coach Matty Bell, during which the TCU Horned Frogs posted a cumulative record of 17–5–5. He was named the team's Most Valuable Player after the 1926 and 1927 seasons, and was selected to play in the Shrine East-West All-Star Game as a senior in 1927, the first year players from the Southwest Conference were included.[2]

Matthews was named to the All-Time All-SWC Team in 1969, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[3] He died in his hometown at the age of 93 in 1999.[4]

References

1. "Rags Matthews (1971) - Hall of Fame". National Football Foundation. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
2. Jenkins, Dan. "WHEN THE FROGS WERE PRINCES". Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
3. Democrat, Weatherford. "TCU's LT Selected to College Football Hall of Fame". Weatherford Democrat. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
4. "The Texas Christian University Magazine; The Numbers". www.magarchive.tcu.edu. Retrieved August 4, 2021.

External links

• Rags Matthews at the College Football Hall of Fame