Walter Wooten "Bull" Council (April 25, 1882 – November 13, 1943) was a

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Early years

Walter Council was born on April 25, 1882, in

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, which was named for his father, John Pickett Council. 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

Council was a prominent

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for the

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from

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University of Virginia

1902

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brought him to the

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, where he played tackle, one of the best in the school's history. Council was selected All-Southern in 1902. 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. At the time of his death he was the Dean of Alaska surgeons, Commissioner of Health for the Territory.

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