- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Madison Bell
- Nickname
- Moanin' Matty
- Matty Bell was born on February 22, 1899 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He died on June 30, 1983 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Head football coach at the following schools: Haskell Institute (later Haskell Indian Nations University), 1920-1921; Carroll University (Wisconsin), 1922; Texas Christian University, 1923-1928; Texas A&M University, 1929-1933; Southern Methodist University 1935-1941, 1945-1949 (1942-1944 in U.S. Navy).
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955.
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1960.
- Inducted into the Southern Methodist University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1978 (inaugural class).
- Played football at Centre College, 1916-1919.
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