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Byron "Whizzer" White

Byron White
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
April 16, 1962 – June 28, 1993
Nominated by John F. Kennedy
Preceded by Charles Whittaker
Succeeded by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
4th United States Deputy Attorney General
In office
January 20, 1961 – April 16, 1962
President John F. Kennedy
Preceded by Lawrence Walsh
Succeeded by Nick Katzenbach
Personal details
Born Byron Raymond White
(1917-06-08)June 8, 1917
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.
Died April 15, 2002(2002-04-15) (aged 84)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Resting place Cathedral of St. John in the Wilderness
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Marion Stearns (1946–2002)
Children 2 (including Nancy)
Education University of Colorado, Boulder (BA)
Hertford College, Oxford
Yale University (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Navy
Rank US-O4 insignia.svg Lieutenant Commander
Unit Intelligence
Battles/wars World War II
 • Pacific Theatre
Awards Bronze Star Medal ribbon.svg Bronze Star (2)

Football career
No. 24
Position: Halfback
Personal information
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school: Wellington (CO)
College: Colorado
NFL Draft: 1938 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 1,321
Average: 3.4
Rushing touchdowns: 11
Player stats at NFL.com
Rushing yards: 1,321
Average: 3.4
Rushing touchdowns: 11
Player stats at NFL.com

Byron Raymond "Whizzer" White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) won fame both as an American football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Born and raised in Colorado, White played in the National Football League for three seasons and practiced law for 15 years before his Supreme Court appointment. White was the Colorado state chair of John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign.

White was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Kennedy in 1962. He viewed his own court decisions as based on the facts of each case rather than as representative of a specific legal philosophy. He retired in 1993 and is the twelfth longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history. He was the first Supreme Court Justice from the state of Colorado.

Born in Fort Collins, Colorado, White was the younger son of Maude Elizabeth (Burger) and Alpha Albert White, neither of whom attended high school. He was raised in the nearby town of Wellington, where he obtained his high school diploma in 1934.

After graduating at the top of his tiny high school class of six, White attended the University of Colorado in Boulder on a scholarship, offered to all Colorado high school valedictorians, as his older brother Sam had done. He joined the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and served as student body president his senior year. Graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1938, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford in England; after deferring it for a year to play pro football, he attended Hertford College, Oxford. During this time in England, he became acquainted with Joe and John Kennedy, as their father Joseph Kennedy was the U.S. ambassador in London.


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