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