| Quarterback | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: February 5, 1918[1] | |
| Place of birth: Lowville, New York | |
| Date of death: November 18, 2001 | |
| Place of death: Syracuse, New York | |
| Career information | |
| College: Cornell | |
| NFL Draft: 1941 / Round: 10 / Pick: 87 | |
| No regular season or postseason appearances | |
| Career history | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| *First-team All-American (1939) All Polish-American Second Team (1939) Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame (1979) | |
Walter John Matuszczak later changed the spelling of his last name to Matuszak (February 5, 1918- November 18, 2001) was an American football player and veterinarian. Founder of DeWitt Animal Hospital in New York, he practiced there until 1971. Dr. Matuszak owned Wa-Noa Golf Club in East Syracuse, New York. A World War II veteran, Dr. Matuszak served as a captain in the Army Veterinary Corps.[2]
A native of Lowville, New York, son of a Polish immigrants- Kasper J. Matuszczak and Marianna; Matuszczak was the youngest of twelve children. He played college football for the Cornell Big Red football team and was selected by the New York Sun as the first-team quarterback on the 1939 College Football All-America Team.[3] He was named to the Second 1939 College Football All Polish-American Team.[4] He was also elected as the captain of Cornell's 1940 football team. He also played for Cornell's basketball and baseball teams.[5] He was inducted into the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979.[6]
Graduation from Cornell in 1941 - the same year he was selected by the New York Giants in the 10th round of the draft - he entered the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, where he graduated in 1943.[7]
He married Mildred C. Nohle on August 22, 1942; two daughters: Judith L. Hodhe, Diane J. Tsibulsky, two sons: W. David Matuszak, Charles Matuszak.
References[]
- ↑ http://www.wuelzer.com/DonnaTree/Book/MatuszczakBook.html
- ↑ https://www.avma.org/News/JAVMANews/Pages/s030102o.aspx
- ↑ "N.Y. Sun Picks All American". Modesto Bee And News-Herald. December 2, 1939.
- ↑ Rosiak, A. J. (December 24, 1939). "In The Polish Colony". The Sunday Morning Star. pp. 14. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2293&dat=19391224&id=FNFeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AQMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1202,3199435&hl=pl. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Matuszczak '41 Elected 1940 Football Captain". The Cornell Daily Sun. November 27, 1939. http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS19391127.2.7#.
- ↑ "Walter J. Matuszczak". Cornell University. http://www.cornellbigred.com/hof.aspx?hof=399&path=&kiosk=. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090202/SPORTS01/902239987