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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 1954, file photo, Chicago Cardinals football player Ollie Matson, injured the day before in a football game in Philadelphia, is shown in a hospital bed in Chicago. Ollie Matson was an Olympic sprinter, a Hall of Fame football player and a loving father. His son, Ollie Jr., believes the repeated blows to the head his dad received in the NFL cheated them out of 20 years of good times together. (AP Photo/Charles E. Knoblock, File)

Ollie Matson paid steep price for Hall of Fame career

By DAVID GINSBURG - Associated Press

**FILE** - This July 21, 1964 file photo shows Ollie Matson, halfback for the Philadelphia Eagles, posing at the team's training camp in Hershey, Pa. NFL Hall of Famer Matson died of respiratory failure Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, in Los Angeles, his nephew Art Thompson III told The Associated Press. He was 80. (AP Photo, File)

FENNO: NFL’s ‘evolution’ commercial opens window to ex-players’ pain

By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times

Pro Football Hall of Famer Ollie Matson dies at 80

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

Pro Football Hall of Famer Matson dies at 80

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press