Whizzer White (1 Viewer)

[Gigantomachia]

The quote if from NFL.com, dude sounds like he was a total stud. Thought some might enjoy such a person considering what many are like in today's world.

In 1938, back when there were only 10 teams, nine running backs were drafted in the first round, including Colorado's Byron "Whizzer" White. He led the league in rushing in his rookie season with Pittsburgh, which took White with the fourth overall pick. White was a Rhodes Scholar, and he took 1939 off to study at Oxford. He returned to the NFL with Detroit in 1940 and led the NFL in rushing again. He played one more season before leaving football to serve as an intelligence officer for the U.S. Navy in World War II.

 

[azgroover]

The quote if from NFL.com, dude sounds like he was a total stud.

Thought some might enjoy such a person considering what many are like in today's world.

In 1938, back when there were only 10 teams, nine running backs were drafted in the first round, including Colorado's Byron "Whizzer" White. He led the league in rushing in his rookie season with Pittsburgh, which took White with the fourth overall pick. White was a Rhodes Scholar, and he took 1939 off to study at Oxford. He returned to the NFL with Detroit in 1940 and led the NFL in rushing again. He played one more season before leaving football to serve as an intelligence officer for the U.S. Navy in World War II.

You left out the part about him being a US Supreme Court Justice.

 

[Gigantomachia]

The quote if from NFL.com, dude sounds like he was a total stud. 

Thought some might enjoy such a person considering what many are like in today's world.

In 1938, back when there were only 10 teams, nine running backs were drafted in the first round, including Colorado's Byron "Whizzer" White. He led the league in rushing in his rookie season with Pittsburgh, which took White with the fourth overall pick. White was a Rhodes Scholar, and he took 1939 off to study at Oxford. He returned to the NFL with Detroit in 1940 and led the NFL in rushing again. He played one more season before leaving football to serve as an intelligence officer for the U.S. Navy in World War II.

You left out the part about him being a US Supreme Court Justice.

No ####!Dude sounds awsome, wouldn't want him on my FF team though.

Leaving to study at Oxford, I would be pissed if I had him in a dynasty league.

 

[redman]

The quote if from NFL.com, dude sounds like he was a total stud. 

Thought some might enjoy such a person considering what many are like in today's world.

In 1938, back when there were only 10 teams, nine running backs were drafted in the first round, including Colorado's Byron "Whizzer" White. He led the league in rushing in his rookie season with Pittsburgh, which took White with the fourth overall pick. White was a Rhodes Scholar, and he took 1939 off to study at Oxford. He returned to the NFL with Detroit in 1940 and led the NFL in rushing again. He played one more season before leaving football to serve as an intelligence officer for the U.S. Navy in World War II.

You left out the part about him being a US Supreme Court Justice.

Exactly. And from what I recall, he did a lot of his law studying while playing football and/or serving in the military. He's definitely a stud.

 

[redman]

Incidentally, Whizzer would be a good name for SOD.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Here's his dissent in Roe v. Wade.

 

[Gigantomachia]

 

[Gigantomachia]

Here's his dissent in Roe v. Wade.

That's a damn good argument.I think he is right, at least insofar as that is how I too read the constitution.