Walter Council

Walter Council
Virginia Cavaliers
Position Tackle/Center
Class Graduate
Major Medicine
Career history
College North Carolina (1901)
Virginia (1902–1904)
Personal information
Date of birth April 25, 1882
Place of birth Council, North Carolina
Date of death November 13, 1943 (aged 61)
Place of death Juneau, Alaska
Career highlights and awards

Walter Wooten "Bull" Council (April 25, 1882 – November 13, 1943) was a college football player and physician.

Early years

Walter Council was born on April 25, 1882 in Council, North Carolina, which was named for his father, John Pickett Council.[1] His mother was Johanna Wooten Council.

University of North Carolina

Council was a prominent center for the North Carolina Tar Heels football teams of the University of North Carolina.[2]

University of Virginia

1902

John de Saulles brought him to the Virginia Cavaliers football team,[3] where he played tackle, one of the best in the school's history.[4] Council was selected All-Southern in 1902.[5] He played opposite Branch Johnson on the line.

Physician

He came to Alaska as a youth of 24 in 1905, less than a year after he was graduated with honors from the University of Virginia's medical school, and with a degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of North Carolina.[6] At the time of his death he was the Dean of Alaska surgeons, Commissioner of Health for the Territory.

References

  1. ↑ "Dr. Council of Alaska Health Agency Dead". Seattle Daily Times. November 16, 1943. p. 23.
  2. ↑ "Reception to the Team". The Raleigh Times. November 8, 1900. p. 4. Retrieved April 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "The Varsity Footballists". Richmond Dispatch. October 5, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Kemp Plummer Battle. History of the University of North Carolina. p. 748.
  5. ↑ "All Southern Team". The Times. December 27, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Doctor Walter Wooten Council". Southern Medicine and Surgery 105: 548. 1943. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via archive.org.

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