 Matson is one of the greatest shot putters in the history of the sport, based predominantly on his one meter improvement of the world record in 1965.He attended Texas A&M University, where he continued to work on his shot put skills, and in his first full year of using the heavier college (adult or Senior) shot (16 pounds), Matson won the Olympic Silver Medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.From 1965 through 1971, Matson entered 79 competitions, winning 73.