Clyde Milton Mathews (December 22, 1878 â December 29, 1929) was an American college football player and coach, college baseball player, and lawyer. He served as head football coach at the University of Illinois in 1904 along with Arthur R. Hall, Justa Lindgren, and Fred Lowenthal, compiling a record of 9âÂÂ2âÂÂ1. Mathews played football at Illinois as a quarterback in 1900.
Mathews was born on December 22, 1878, in Urbana, Illinois. His father, Milton W. Mathews, was a prominent lawyer and politician. Mathews graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1903. He then practiced law in Urbana, and was associated with firm of Green & Palmer. Mathews died of a heart attack, on December 29, 1929, at his home in Urbana.