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Anthony Francis Matisi (August 23, 1914 – August 26, 1969) was an All-American football player.

Tony Matisi

Personal information
Born:	(1914-08-23)August 23, 1914 New York City
Died:	August 26, 1969(1969-08-26) (aged 55)
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:	Union-Endicott High School
College:	Pittsburgh
Position:	Tackle
NFL Draft:	1938 / Round: 4 / Pick: 29 (By the Pittsburgh Pirates)
Career history
Detroit Lions (1938)
Career highlights and awards
1937 College Football All-America Team
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 5 Games started: 1
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

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

He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh from 1934 to 1937.[1][2] He helped lead the undefeated 1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team to a national championship and was a consensus first-team pick at the 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 Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round (29th overall pick) of the 1938 NFL Draft.[1] 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.[3][4]

References

External links

• Tony Matisi at Find a Grave

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