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walter s. horton , 1880 13 march 1944 peoria , illinois illinois united states 175px december 3 , 1857 football player/lawyer walter horton.jpg walter s. horton
 walter s. horton university of michigan
walter s. horton

walter shurts horton -lrb- december 3 , 1857 -- march 13 , 1944 -rrb- was an american football player and lawyer .
a native of delavan , illinois , horton attended princeton university and graduated in 1879 .
he subsequently studied law at the university of michigan , graduating from the department of law in 1882 .
while attending michigan , horton played college football .
he played at the halfback position for the 1880 team and was the team captain and quarterback for the 1881 michigan wolverines football team .
he was a prominent attorney in illinois for some 50 years .
he was a delegate from illinois to the 1908 republican national convention .
from 1909 to 1928 , he was the general counsel in chicago for the illinois central railroad .
he died in march 1944 at age 86 in peoria , illinois .
he was survived by two sons , eugene horton and walter c. horton .
