Whitlow was born in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1917 and attended Wichita Falls High School.

[1][2] He was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team center on the 1940 All-Southwest Conference football team.

[3] He was also the captain of the southern team for the 1940 North–South Shrine Game.

He appeared in a total of 13 professional games, seven of them as a starter.

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