Byron Raymond " Whizzer " White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an American lawyer, jurist, and professional football player who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 until 1993.

Byron R. White (born June 8, 1917, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.—died April 15, 2002, Denver) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1962–93). Before taking up the study of law in 1940, White achieved a national reputation as a quarterback and halfback on the University of Colorado football team, earning the nickname ...

Apr 15, 2002 · Byron Raymond White—a nondoctrinaire pragmatist—will be remembered primarily for his individualistic approach to law and secondarily for his early career as a professional athlete. Hailing from the small town of Fort Collins, Colorado, White was born on June 8, 1917 to Alpha Albert White and Maude Elizabeth Burger.

Oct 16, 2021 · Justice White’s most famous opinion for the Court—and it has since been explicitly overruled by the Supreme Court—came in the 1986 decision in Bowers v. Hardwick. That ruling refused to recognize a constitutional right of privacy for homosexual conduct between consenting adults in private.

Byron Raymond White. Born June 18, 1917 in Fort Collins, Colorado and raised in nearby Wellington, Colorado. Died April 15, 2002. An Incredible Athlete. After leading the University of Colorado to its first bowl appearance ever, Byron White was named as a member of the All-American Football Team in 1937.

May 11, 2018 · Byron R. White (born 1917) was a football star, a successful lawyer, a deputy U.S. attorney general, and a U.S. Supreme Court justice. On the high court, he was considered an independent and often served as a swing vote in close decisions, though he most often sided with the conservatives.

Byron White (1917–2002) was Colorado’s first-ever US Supreme Court justice, serving from 1962 to 1993, as well as a nationally known college athlete for the University of Colorado and a star pro football player.

Apr 15, 2002 · Byron Raymond “Whizzer” White. Detroit Lions Player (1940 - 1941) Byron “Whizzer” White was born in Fort Collins, Colorado. After graduating as valedictorian of his high school class, White went to the University of Colorado where …

Byron Raymond White was born on June 8, 1917 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was the second son of Alpha Albert (“Al”) White and Maude Burger. Al’s father, Ephraim Godfrey White, grew up in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, fought in the Second Seminole and Mexican Wars, and settled as a farmer in Iowa, where

Byron Raymond White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) was an American judge and former football player. he served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962.