Rags Matthews

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]

Rags Matthews
TCU Horned Frogs
PositionEnd
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1905-08-17)August 17, 1905
Fort Worth, Texas
Died:January 2, 1999(1999-01-02) (aged 93)
Fort Worth, Texas
Career history
CollegeTCU (1925–1927)
College Football Hall of Fame (1971)

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 2021-08-04.
  2. Jenkins, Dan. "WHEN THE FROGS WERE PRINCES". Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  3. Democrat, Weatherford. "TCU's LT Selected to College Football Hall of Fame". Weatherford Democrat. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  4. "The Texas Christian University Magazine; The Numbers". www.magarchive.tcu.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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