Walter A, Gordon was the first African American to receive a doctorate of law from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall law school. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer, lawyer, assistant football coach, member of the California Adult Authority, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, and a Federal District Judge. [Wikipedia] Group portrait of the Golden Bears football team of University of California at Berkeley with coach Walter A. Gordon (back row, right). The portrait is probably from the 1925 yearbook. Caption: Top Row: Muller, Saunby, Perry, Dunn, Hufford, Beam, Witter, Blewett, Horrell, Schaffnit, Dixon, Ball, Rosenthal, Gordon. Middle Row: Smith, Nichelman, Bunger, Thatcher, Dodson, Carey, Newmeyer, Young, Griffith, Brown, Best, Mell, Lewis, Berlin, Price. Bottom Row: Volz, Spaulding, Francis, Gooch, King, Tait, Imlay, Nichols, Newman, Powers, Angier, White, Porter. Members on squad but pictures to not appear: Naylor, Evans, Rau, Carlson, Topham, Morris.
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African American football players African American college athletes University of California, Berkeley Gordon, Walter A. (Walter Arthur), 1894-1976
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