| Rags Matthews | |
| Birth Date: | 17 August 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Class: | Graduate |
| Currentposition: | End |
| School: | TCU Horned Frogs |
| Pastschools: | TCU (1925–1927) |
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| Cfbhof Year: | 1971 |
Raymond "Rags" Matthews (August 17, 1905 – January 2, 1999)[1] was an American football player at Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1920s. A Fort Worth, Texas native, Matthews attended Polytechnic High School before TCU. He lettered three times under coach Matty Bell, during which the TCU Horned Frogs posted a cumulative record of 17–5–5. He was named the team's Most Valuable Player after the 1926 and 1927 seasons, and was selected to play in the Shrine East-West All-Star Game as a senior in 1927, the first year players from the Southwest Conference were included.[2]
Matthews was named to the All-Time All-SWC Team in 1969, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[3] He died in his hometown at the age of 93 in 1999.[4]