Post by Lithfan on Aug 23, 2015 8:34:53 GMT -5
August 23, 1960
The New York Titans acquired the rights to RB Bill Mathis in a trade with the Houston Oilers. The Oilers acquired the rights to DE Don Floyd in the deal.
Mathis would play his entire 10 year career in the AFL with the Titans/Jets franchise, rushing for 3,589 yards and scoring 46 TDs. He was AFL All Pro in 1961, when he was 2nd in the league in rushing with 846 yards and 3rd with 7 rushing TDs. Later in his career he became mostly a short yardage/goal line specialist for the Jets, while Emerson Boozer and Matt Snell got the majority of the carries. Mathis played in Super Bowl III, and had 3 carries for 2 yards. He also had 3 receptions for 20 yards against the Colts.
Mathis was in the news a few years ago when he became one of several retired players to sue the NFL. The lawsuit charged that in the 1990s the NFL created a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee, a supposedly independent board to study the effects on the players. The committee had several people with NFL affiliations, including its chairman, Dr. Elliot Pelman, a Jets physician and rheumatologist "who lacked any specialized or education relating to concussions," according to the suit.
The New York Titans acquired the rights to RB Bill Mathis in a trade with the Houston Oilers. The Oilers acquired the rights to DE Don Floyd in the deal.
Mathis would play his entire 10 year career in the AFL with the Titans/Jets franchise, rushing for 3,589 yards and scoring 46 TDs. He was AFL All Pro in 1961, when he was 2nd in the league in rushing with 846 yards and 3rd with 7 rushing TDs. Later in his career he became mostly a short yardage/goal line specialist for the Jets, while Emerson Boozer and Matt Snell got the majority of the carries. Mathis played in Super Bowl III, and had 3 carries for 2 yards. He also had 3 receptions for 20 yards against the Colts.
Mathis was in the news a few years ago when he became one of several retired players to sue the NFL. The lawsuit charged that in the 1990s the NFL created a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee, a supposedly independent board to study the effects on the players. The committee had several people with NFL affiliations, including its chairman, Dr. Elliot Pelman, a Jets physician and rheumatologist "who lacked any specialized or education relating to concussions," according to the suit.
