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Byron Raymond White

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1962

Byron Raymond White , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and American football player (1917–2002)

Positions

  • Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1962-04-16–1993-06-28

Education

  • University of Oxford, Rhodes Scholar
  • University of ColoradoB.A., 1938
  • Yale Law SchoolLL.B., 1946

Career

Professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions, 1938-1940; U.S. Navy, Naval Intelligence, 1942-1945; Law clerk, Hon. Fred Vinson, Supreme Court of the United States, 1946-1947; Private practice, Denver, Colorado, 1947-1961; Deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1961-1962

Biography

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and American football player (1917–2002)

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