There was a pro football player that served on the Supreme Court of the US. His name was Byron "Whizzer" White and he was on the court from 1962 to 1993.
He played in his college days for the Colorado Buffalos, was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 1937, was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers) in 1938 and led the league in rushing in his rookie season.
He then graduated from Colorado as valedictorian and attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. The outbreak of World War II forced him to return to the US and he played two more seasons in the NFL for the Detroit Lions.
During WW 2 White served in naval intelligence in the Pacific (he wrote the intelligence report on the sinking of John F. Kennedy's PT-109), was awarded two Bronze Stars, and was honorably discharged as a lieutenant commander in 1945.
They don't make men like this anymore.
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