TCU ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
Raymond (Rags) Matthews became the first player in TCU football history to earn All-America honors in 1927, during his second straight All-Southwest Conference season as an end. Matthews was some what of a rags to riches story. A product of Polytechnic High School of Fort Worth, he was regarded as a big and awkward, but unusually aggressive recruit. As a sophomore, he was used at guard. Prior to his junior year, Rags was shifted to end. He became the third person in TCU annals to earn varsity letters in four sports. Before picking up his diploma, Matthews had numerals for football, basketball, baseball and track. “The Raggedy Man,” as he was called by some scribes, made a reputation for himself and his school with his taunting, verbal challenges to opposing players.
Matthews was inducted into the TCU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1969.
