10 Facts About Walter Steffen

Walter Peter Steffen was an American college football player and coach, lawyer, politician, and judge.

Walter Steffen played college football as a quarterback at the University of Chicago from 1906 to 1908 and was a two-time All-American selection.

Walter Steffen was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1969.

Walter Steffen graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1912 and was admitted to the Illinois state bar the same year.

Walter Steffen served as assistant United States Attorney under James Herbert Wilkerson and then as an alderman on the Chicago City Council, representing the 23rd Ward.

Walter Steffen had been elected to fill the seat left vacant earlier that year after the resignation of John Kjellander.

In 1922, Walter Steffen was elected to the Superior Court of Cook County as a Republican.

Walter Steffen resigned from the City Council to assume this judgeship and served on the court until his death.

Walter Steffen was operated on for gall stones in 1930 and a kidney ailment in 1936.

Walter Steffen died at his home, in Chicago, on March 9,1937.