Walter K. Chorn
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| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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| Position | Guard |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Vanderbilt (1906) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | January 21, 1885 |
| Place of birth | Howard County, Missouri |
| Date of death | February 26, 1933 (aged 48) |
| Place of death | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Walter Knaus Chorn (January 21, 1885 – February 26, 1933)[1][2] was a college football player, lawyer, and one time insurance superintendent of Missouri.[3]
University
Chorn attended Central College in Fayette, Missouri and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] He graduated from the latter with an LL.B. Chorn was a guard and tackle for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams, selected All-Southern in 1906,[4][5] and second-team on an all-time Vanderbilt football team selected in 1912.[6] At Vanderbilt he was a member of Kappa Sigma.[7]
Legal career
After graduation he opened a law office in Fayette, Missouri, practicing for two years. In 1909 he became chief clerk of the commission that revised the Missouri statutes.[1] In 1910 and 1911 he served in the state auditor's office, and in 1913 was chief clerk of the supreme court of Missouri.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Walter Barlow Stevens. "Walter K. Chorn". Missouri the Center State: 1821-1915. 3: 467.
- ↑ "Walter Chorn Dies at Kansas City Was Prominent Lawyer". The Chillicothe Constitution. February 27, 1933. p. 10.
- ↑ "Chorn is Head of the Missouri State". The National Underwriter. 22. March 7, 1918. p. 9.
- ↑ Kappa Sigma Fraternity. "Third Mid-West Conclave". Caduceus. 37.
- ↑ Fuzzy Woodruff. A History of Southern Football l890-1928. p. 283.
- ↑ Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt University Quarterly. 13. p. 56.
- ↑ "Kappa Sigma In the New Football". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. 21: 368.