Walter Shurts Horton ( December 3 , 1857 &ndash; March 13 , 1944 ) 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
1908 Republican National Convention
1908 Republican National Convention
Walter S. Horton