Bill Mathis
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| No. 31 | |
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| Position: | Running back |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 10, 1938 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died: | October 20, 2020 (aged 81)[1] Marietta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Manchester (GA) |
| College: | Clemson |
| NFL draft: | 1960 / Round: 8 / Pick: 88 |
| AFL draft: | 1960 / Round: 1 Pick: First Selections (by the Denver Broncos) |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics | |
| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |
Bill Mathis (December 10, 1938 – October 20, 2020) was an American professional
Boston Patriots
. He played in the next game, and in fact in all the remaining games of the season.
That persistence allowed him to gain a roster spot year after year, and end his career in 1969 after winning Super Bowl III. He is one of twenty players who were in the AFL for its entire ten-year existence, and seven players who played their entire AFL careers for one franchise. He was inducted into the Clemson University Hall of Fame, South Carolina Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Hall of Fame.
After retiring from football, Mathis began a career on Wall Street, starting at the firm Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Bill Mathis, Titans/Jets Great from 1960-69, Passes Away at 81". Retrieved October 22, 2020.
- ^ Bill Mathis Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com
- ^ Can Ex-Athletes Make it on Wall Street. New York Magazine, January 8, 1973