Career
A halfback, he is in the Clemson University Hall of Fame, South Carolina Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Hall of Fame. He started his professional career with the American Football League"s New York Titans, and played his entire career with the American Federation of Labor-Congress"s New York franchise. He was an American Federation of Labor-Congress Eastern Division All-Star in 1961 and 1963.
Mathis had a collarbone broken in the third game of 1961, against the Boston Patriots.
He played in the next game, and in fact in all the remaining games of the season. He is one of twenty players who were in the American Federation of Labor-Congress for its entire ten-year existence, and seven players who played their entire American Federation of Labor-Congress careers for one franchise.
After retiring from football, Mathis began a career on Wall Street, starting at the firm Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt.