Ollie Matson's Birth Card: The 5 of Spades

In the record

Ollie Genoa Matson II (May 1, 1930 – February 19, 2011) was an American Olympic medal winning sprinter and professional football player. The birth-card coordinate for May 1 is the 5 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of a Hall of Fame vote.

Wikipedia summary

Ollie Genoa Matson II was an American Olympic medal winning sprinter and professional football player. He played as a halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 to 1966 primarily for the Chicago Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football for the San Francisco Dons and was selected by the Cardinals in the first round of the 1952 NFL draft.

The 5 of Spades coordinate

Ollie Matson's birthday maps to the 5 of Spades (The Restless Mind). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about induction and not a verdict on Ollie Matson. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You stay in the hard stretch long enough to get better at it. Life-direction language from the harvested meaning, not a biography: Your curriculum is learning that some truths require deep exploration. You're learning to sit with one idea long enough to integrate it. Under-expressed language from the same harvest: You freeze when the fight starts and treat the circumstance as the whole cause.

The public formula uses only month and day. Solar value equals fifty-five minus twice the month minus the day. Values one through fifty-two map onto the deck from the Ace of Hearts through the King of Spades. Solar value zero is December 31, published here as the Joker. Card Blueprints does not remap that boundary to the King of Spades on these pages. Leap-day February 29 is computed directly and is not folded onto February 28. The year of birth is unused. No reading is generated and nothing here forecasts a roster, a vote, a championship, or a career. Evidence sentences are copied from the Wikipedia extract without paraphrase. If a Hall of Fame biography or an infobox day disagrees with Wikidata, the person is omitted instead of reconciled by guesswork. Attribution stays on Wikidata, Wikipedia, and the Hall of Fame record. Gregorian day precision is required; Wikidata claims are CC0. Sitelinks and wbgetentities are the identity crosswalk. Conflicts stay uninvented. Remainder dates are not disambiguated by hand.

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Ollie Matson in the public record

He played as a halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 to 1966 primarily for the Chicago Cardinals and the Los Angeles Rams. He played college football for the San Francisco Dons and was selected by the Cardinals in the first round (third overall) of the 1952 NFL draft. Matson was named an NFL first team All-Pro seven times and selected to the Pro Bowl six times during the course of his professional career. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972, and later included in the NFL's 1950s all-decade team during the league's 100th anniversary celebration. Matson was born on May 1, 1930, in Trinity, Texas, near Houston. His parents separated when he was young, and his mother moved to California later, leaving him to be raised by his grandparents. He moved to San Francisco when he was 14 to rejoin his mother. Matson graduated from George Washington High School in San Francisco in 1948.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ollie Matson (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 5 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Ollie Matson, and not a forecast of induction.

Quick thinking and mental flexibility

Ollie Genoa Matson II (May 1, 1930 – February 19, 2011) was an American Olympic medal winning sprinter and professional football player.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: olympic.

Also on the record

1. In 1947, he set a San Francisco high school football scoring record with 102 points.
2. He was a two-sport athlete excelling in track and field as well as football.
3. He won the City Championship in both the 100-yard and 220-yard dashes.
4. In his senior year, he entered an open meet held at Kezar Stadium and ran the 440-yard dash competitively for the first time, chasing Jamaican sprinter Herb McKenley, the holder of the world record to a new record of 46.1 seconds.

Other inductees with this card

• Bart Starr — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Chuck Bednarik — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Cliff Battles — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Curtis Martin — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Jim Parker — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Michael Irvin — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Robert Brazile — Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee

FAQ

What is Ollie Matson's birth card?

The 5 of Spades. May 1 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Hall of Fame induction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast honors, character, or fate.

Where do Ollie Matson's dates come from?

Birth date 1930-05-01 is Wikidata P569 at day precision (CC0, Gregorian preferred) for Ollie Matson, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. The Pro Football Hall of Fame ID is Wikidata P6930 (ollie-matson). Wikipedia's day-precision infobox or lead (1930-05-01) matches. The Pro Football Hall of Fame bio day (1930-05-01) matches. Year-only dates and source conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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