Former Chicago Bear kicker Robert R. Thomas is the new Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. Thomas is part of a very select group of former NFL players who make it onto the highest court of a state. He joins another NFL alum and former Bear teammate, defensive tackle and Hall of Famer Alan Page, who is best remembered as one of the "Purple People Eaters" of the 1970's Minnesota Vikings and who is now a Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Of course the NFL player who had the most success with a post-football career on the other kind of bench was former Pittsburgh Steeler and Detroit Lion running back, Byron "Whizzer" White, who served as a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1962 to 1993.
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