Kit DeCamps

Kit DeCamps

DeCamps c. 1899
Virginia Tech Hokies
Position Quarterback
Career history
College Virginia Tech (18991901)
Personal information
Date of birth c. 1878
Place of birth Greenville, South Carolina
Career highlights and awards

Christie Jean Baptiste "Kit" DeCamps (c. 1878 ?) was a college football player who played for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Early life

DeCamps was born in 1878 in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Modeste and Mary Decamps.[1]

Football career

DeCamps was a prominent quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.[2] He was considered very fast.[3] He also spent three years at Furman University and a year at Richmond College.[4]

1901

DeCamps was captain in 1901.[5][6][7] He was selected a substitute on the All-Southern team.[8][9]

Military career

He was once a quartermaster sergeant of Company B, second South Carolina regiment.[10] DeCamps served in the Spanish–American War.[11]

Family

On 27 Nov 1907 DeCamps married Lois Catherine Sykes, daughter of T. C and Alice Sykes, in Portsmouth, Virginia.[1] They had three children.

References

  1. 1 2 Family Search Retrieved 6 May 2015
  2. "Virginia Tech Football - All Century Team". Virginia Tech Magazine. 1992.
  3. "Blacksburg Eleven". The Times. October 7, 1900.
  4. Chi Psi (1902). The Sixth Decennial Catalogue. p. 345.
  5. "Coaches, Captains, Records" (PDF). p. 258.
  6. Walter Camp (1902). Spalding's Football Guide. p. 104.
  7. "Bugle" (PDF). 1936. p. 373.
  8. ""All Southern" Eleven". The State. February 7, 1902.
  9. Oscar P. Schmidt. "Football in the Southern Colleges". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 129.
  10. The Purple and Gold. Chi Psi Fraternity. 1898. p. 152.
  11. "Christie J. B. Decamps".
  12. DDay Overlord.com Retrieved May 2015
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