Walter K. Chorn

Walter K. Chorn
Vanderbilt Commodores
Position	Guard
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	January 21, 1885; Howard County, Missouri
Died:	February 26, 1933 (aged 48); Kansas City, Missouri
Weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career history
College	Vanderbilt (1906)
Career highlights and awards
	SIAA championship (1906); All-Southern (1906); 1912 All-time Vandy second team;

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[]

The 1906 Vanderbilt football team. Chorn is middle row, third from left.

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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Walter Barlow Stevens (1915). "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. Vol. 22. March 7, 1918. p. 9.
^ Kappa Sigma Fraternity (1921). "Third Mid-West Conclave". Caduceus. 37.
^ Fuzzy Woodruff. A History of Southern Football 1890-1928. p. 283.
^ Vanderbilt University (1913). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vol. 13. p. 56.
^ "Kappa Sigma In the New Football". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. 21: 368. 1906.

External links[]

Walter K. Chorn at Find a Grave

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[center-1] Walter Barlow Stevens (1915). "Walter K. Chorn". Missouri the Center State: 1821-1915. 3: 467.

[2] "Walter Chorn Dies at Kansas City Was Prominent Lawyer". The Chillicothe Constitution. February 27, 1933. p. 10.

[3] "Chorn is Head of the Missouri State". The National Underwriter. Vol. 22. March 7, 1918. p. 9.

[4] Kappa Sigma Fraternity (1921). "Third Mid-West Conclave". Caduceus. 37.

[5] Fuzzy Woodruff. A History of Southern Football 1890-1928. p. 283.

[allv1912-6] Vanderbilt University (1913). Vanderbilt University Quarterly. Vol. 13. p. 56.

[7] "Kappa Sigma In the New Football". Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. 21: 368. 1906.

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v t 1906 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections
Backfield	QB Sam Costen HB Dan Blake† HB Honus Craig FB John Owsley Manier†
Line	E Bob Blake† E Lob Brown T Joe Pritchard† T Lex Stone G Walter K. Chorn G Clyde R. Conner C Stein Stone
† = Unanimous selection