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1 of 75 : Byron "Whizzer" White (Football Star, Supreme Court Justice)Former Supreme Court Justice Byron White was born in Fort Collins in 1917. White grew up in Wellington and attended the University of Colorado, where he acquired the nickname "Whizzer" for his skills on the football field. (It was a nickname he depised.) He set records both at CU and in the NFL, including leading the league in rushing, before leaving to join the Navy during World War II. White graduated first in his class from CU and went on to Yale Law School. President John F. Kennedy appointed White to the High Court in 1962 at the age of 44. As justice, White was a hard-liner on law-and-order who often spoke for the court in decisions which enhanced police authority. He dissented in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling which legalized abortion. White retired from the court in 1993 and returned to Colorado in 2001. He died in Denver in 2002 from complications of pneumonia. More than 700 people attended his funeral in Denver.
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