Justice Byron "Whizzer" White played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (now Steelers) in 1938, leading the league in rushing his rookie year. After attending England's Oxford University in 1939, he returned to the United States and joined the Detroit Lions, where he played in 1940 and 1941. In all, White played three seasons of pro football.
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Mark Malone became a television sportscaster once his playing days were over. He is currently a color commentator for the NFL on Westwood One.
Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist, who later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The United States' first Chief Justice, John Jay, presided over the Supreme Court from September 1789 until June 1795, when he became Governor of New York.
Yes, Sandra Day O'Connor was a lawyer before she became a judge, and later the first female justice of the US Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall was a suprime court justice and argued the case of Brown VS. The Board of Edu.