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A four-year letterman in football, "Matty" earned All-KIAC honors while playing five positions. He also lettered in baseball, basketball, and track. He served as football coach Haskell Indian Institute, Carroll College, Texas Christian University, Texas A & M and Southern Methodist University. In 1935 his SMU team won the National Championship. In 1949 he was named athletic director at SMU where he served until retirement. He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and the National Football Hall of Fame.