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Clay Matthews Sr., head of family that’s seen three generations of NFL players, dies at 88

Mar 24, 2017 at 9:30 AM--


Clay Matthews Sr., the patriarch of one of the NFL's most successful family trees, died Thursday night at 88 year old. Matthews was a Korean War veteran who was a two-way lineman for the San Francisco 49ers, playing 45 games over four seasons in the 1950s, a South Carolina native who went on to play at Georgia Tech. Matthews was the first of three generations of family members to play in the NFL: his two oldest sons, Clay Jr. and Bruce, each played 19 years in the league.
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