Tony Matisi

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Tony Matisi
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Games played:5
Games started:1
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Anthony Francis Matisi (August 23, 1914 – August 26, 1969) was an All-American football player.

Matisi was born in New York City in 1914 and graduated from Union High School in Endicott, New York.[1]

He played

tackle position on the 1937 All-America college football team. Matisi was six-feet, two-inches tall, and weighed 230 pounds.[1]

Matisi was selected by the

1938 NFL Draft.[3] He played for the Detroit Lions in 1938, appearing in five games.[1]

Matisi later received a dental degree from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and worked as a dentist in Endicott and Oswego, New York. He died at age 55 in 1969 after a long illness at his home in Endicott.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tony Matisi". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
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  3. ^ "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  4. ^ "Pitt All-America Tony Matisi Dies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 28, 1969. p. 32.
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