Walter Wooten "Bull" Council (April 25, 1882 – November 13, 1943) was a college football player and physician.

Early years

Walter Council was born on April 25, 1882, in Council, North Carolina, which was named for his father, John Pickett Council.^[1] 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 center for the North Carolina Tar Heels football teams of the University of North Carolina from 1900 to 1901.^[2]

University of Virginia

1902

John de Saulles brought him to the Virginia Cavaliers football team of 1902,^[3] where he played tackle, one of the best in the school's history.^[4] Council was selected All-Southern in 1902.^[5] 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.^[6] At the time of his death he was the Dean of Alaska surgeons, Commissioner of Health for the Territory.