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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | June 14, 1939||||||||||||
Died: | November 2, 2021 Ruxton, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 82)||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 214 lb (97 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Shaw (East Cleveland, Ohio) | ||||||||||||
College: | Ohio State | ||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1961 / round: 1 / pick: 7 | ||||||||||||
AFL draft: | 1961 / round: 5 / pick: 34 | ||||||||||||
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Thomas Roland Matte (Pronounced: MAT-tee) (June 14, 1939 – November 2, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) in the 1960s and 1970s and earned a Super Bowl ring.[1] He attended Shaw High School in East Cleveland and was an Eagle Scout.[2] Matte was an All-American quarterback playing college football at Ohio State University.