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Ollie Matson Chicago Cardinals Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo COA #2 DECEASED

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~~Great looking 8x10 color glossy photo autographed by former Chicago Cardinals halfback and Hall of Fame player...Ollie Matson.

Ollie Matson, former halfback for the Chicago Cardinals, signed this 8x10 photo with a blue Sharpie.  Ollie played his college football at San Francisco and then played in the NFL with the Cardinals 1952-58, Los Angeles Rams 1959-62, Detroit Lions 1963 and Philadelphia Eagles 1964-66.  During his career, Ollie played in 171 games, rushed the ball 1170 x for 5173 yards and 40 TD's, caught 222 passes for 3285 yards and 23 TD's, returned 65 punts for 595 yards and 3 TD's and returned 143 kickoffs for 3746 yards and 6 TD's.  Ollie was a 6x Pro Bowler (1952, 1954-58), a 7x All-Pro selection (1952, 1954-59), was the 1956 Pro Bowl MVP, was a member of the NFL 1950's All-Decade Team and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972.  Ollie signed this photo on February 10, 2001.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...

Ollie Genoa Matson II (May 1, 1930 – February 19, 2011) was an American Olympic medal winning sprinter and professional American football running back who played in the National Football League, in 1952 and from 1954 to 1966. He graduated from George Washington High School in San Francisco in 1948.

College career

Matson attended the City College of San Francisco prior to transferring to the University of San Francisco. While in school, Matson became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. In 1951, Matson's senior year at USF, he led the nation in rushing yardage and touchdowns en route to leading the Dons to an undefeated season. He was selected as an All-American and finished ninth in Heisman Trophy balloting that year.

Despite its 9-0 record, the 1951 San Francisco team was not invited to a bowl game. It was later reported that the Orange, Sugar and Gator Bowls - all in the American South - did not consider inviting any teams that had black players, and the USF refused to play without its two African-American teammates.[1]

Drafted #1 by the Chicago Cardinals, he went on to share 1952 Rookie of the Year honors with Hugh McElhenny of the San Francisco 49ers. During his 14-year career, Matson also played for the Los Angeles Rams (traded by the Cardinals for nine Rams players following the 1958 season),[2] the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles, and he was named to the Pro Bowl six times (1952, 1954 to 1958). When Matson retired in 1966, his 12,799 career all-purpose yards were second only to Jim Brown.[3] Matson was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972, and into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976.

Matson also won a bronze medal in the 400-meter run and a silver medal as part of the United States 4x400-meter relay team in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.

Ollie Matson was a member of The Pigskin Club Of Washington, D.C. National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.

Personal life

He married his wife Mary, whom he met when both were San Francisco teenagers in the mid 1940s, in 1952. He and Mary lived in the same Mid-City Los Angeles home from the time he played for the Los Angeles Rams until his passing. The site is being nominated as the 'Ollie and Mary Matson Residence', a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, as an historic house museum and interpretive center. Museum and Interpretive is Landmarking 2007-2008, being prepared by students of Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Program in Historic Preservation, anticipated listing mid-2008. Matson suffered from Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in his later years, which is a result of numerous hard hits to the head Matson sustained during his time in the NFL.[4]

Death

Matson died in his Los Angeles home on February 19, 2011 of respiratory failure, surrounded by family.

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