This was a LOOONG time coming, but I wanted to share it after I dug a little deeper on Bill Matthews--largely with the encouraging help and support provided here at Net54--and the idea of the "common" card players who were nevertheless barrier breakers in their own rights. Also, one essential artifact that I found online (some scans from an ebay auction I believe) but sadly subsequently misplaced or mistakenly deleted on my computer was an inside page from a 1950 NYU vs. Fordham football game program that pictured and mentioned Matthews. If anyone here has that particular program or stumbles on it and wants to share, please do. I would love to add that to
my sports ephemera blog post on this subject.
Be well!