- Associate justice of the US Supreme Court, 12 April 1962-28 June 1992. Retired from the court.
- Deputy US attorney general, 1961-1962.
- Professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1938) and Detroit Lions (1940-1941).
- Played football at the University of Colorado, 1934-1937.
- Came in second in voting for the 1937 Heisman Trophy (lost the award to Yale quarterback Clint Frank).
- Inducted into the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998 (sole inaugural inductee).
- Inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1965 (inaugural class).
- Inducted into the Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1996 as an Honorary member.
- Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
- Since 1966, the National Football League Players Association has given the Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award each year, based on a player's work in the local community. Not to be confused with the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, which is awarded by the NFL, not the players' union.
- Inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1962.
- Inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2007.
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