{{Short description|American football player (1903–1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Matt Bross | image = | caption = | position = Back | number = 6 | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 170 | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|12|7}} | birth_place = Great Falls, Montana | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|2|8|1903|12|7}} | death_place = Seattle, Washington | college = Gonzaga | high_school = | teams = * Los Angeles Wildcats (1926) * Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1927}}) | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 2 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 1 | statlabel3 = | statvalue3 = | highlights = | pfr = BrosMa20 }} '''Matthew A. Bross''' (December 7, 1903 – February 8, 1989) was an American football back for the Los Angeles Wildcats of the American Football League (AFL) and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Gonzaga.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bross turns down pro grid contract |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117995524/bross-turns-down-pro-grid-contract/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Great Falls Tribune |date=6 January 1926 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Don Watson |title=Matt Bross |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117995640/matt-bross/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=10 September 1931 |page=34 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}</ref>
==Biography== Bross was born on December 7, 1904, in Great Falls, Montana.<ref name="obituary">{{cite news |title=Matthew A. Bross Sr. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117995755/obituary-for-matthew-a-bross-sr/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Great Falls Tribune |date=1 April 1989 |page=6}}</ref>
==Career== Bross played at the collegiate level at Gonzaga University.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former high player stars for Gonzaga |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117995699/former-high-player-stars-for-gonzaga/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Great Falls Tribune |date=17 October 1922 |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}</ref> Following his graduation, he played professionally with Ernie Nevers Traveling Circus, an organization that involved two football teams which traveled throughout the South. The following year, Bross played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1927 NFL season.<ref name="obituary"/> Previously he had played with the Los Angeles Wildcats of the American Football League.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Herb Ashlock |title=From the bench |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86094556/spokane-chronicle/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=Spokane Chronicle |date=16 September 1955 |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}</ref>
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