Al Matthews (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1947–2025)}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name = Al Matthews

|image =

|image_size =

|alt =

|caption =

|number = 29, 47

|position = Safety

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|11|7}}

|birth_place = Austin, Texas, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|3|8|1947|11|7}}

|death_place =

|height_ft=5

|height_in=11

|weight_lbs=190

|high_school = Stephen F. Austin {{avoid wrap|(Austin, Texas)}}

|college = Texas A&I

|draftyear = 1970

|draftround = 2

|draftpick = 41

|pastteams =

• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1970|1975}})
• Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1976}})
• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1977}})

|highlights =

|statlabel1=Interceptions

|statvalue1=13

|statlabel2=Fumble recoveries

|statvalue2=7

|statlabel3=Defensive TDs

|statvalue3=2

|pfr=MattAl20

}}

Alvin Leon Matthews (November 7, 1947 – March 8, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a safety for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1970 to 1977 for the Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football for the Texas A&I Javelinas, at the time a football power in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Hendricks|title=Al Matthews has few regrets|date=May 29, 2013|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|url=https://archive.jsonline.com/sports/packers/al-matthews-has-few-regrets-b9918293z1-209293791.html|access-date=March 12, 2025}}

Matthews died at the age of 77 on March 8, 2025.{{cite news|title=Alvin Leon Matthews|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|url=https://www.statesman.com/obituaries/paco1118872|access-date=March 14, 2025}}{{cite news |first=Charean|last=Williams|title=Former Packers DB Al Matthews dies at 77|date=March 11, 2025|work=Pro Football Talk|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/former-packers-db-al-matthews-dies-at-77 |access-date=March 12, 2025}}