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Walter Council

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Walter Council
Born(1882-04-25)April 25, 1882
DiedNovember 13, 1943(1943-11-13) (aged 61)
Occupationphysician
College football career
Virginia Cavaliers
PositionTackle/Center
ClassGraduate
MajorMedicine
Personal information
Weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career history
CollegeNorth Carolina (1900–1901)
Virginia (1902–1904)
Career highlights and awards

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

Early years

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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 Johnanna Wooten Council. (Her first name, seen in various spellings, is listed as spelled in family records; it derives in part as a tribute to her father, John Wooten, who was thrown from a horse and killed before Johnanna's birth.)

University of North Carolina

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Council was a prominent center for the North Carolina Tar Heels football teams of the University of North Carolina from 1900 to 1901.[2]

University of Virginia

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1902

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John de Saulles brought him to the Virginia Cavaliers football team of 1902,[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

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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.

See also

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References

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  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. Open access icon
  3. ^ "The Varsity Footballists". Richmond Dispatch. October 5, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Kemp Plummer Battle (1912). 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. Open access icon
  6. ^ "Doctor Walter Wooten Council". Southern Medicine and Surgery. 105: 548. 1943. Retrieved March 8, 2015 – via archive.org. Open access icon
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