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Kit DeCamps

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Kit DeCamps
DeCamps c. 1899
Virginia Tech Hokies
PositionQuarterback
Personal information
Born:1878
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Died:(1951-08-24)August 24, 1951
Career history
CollegeVirginia Tech (1899–1901)
Career highlights and awards

Christie Jean Baptiste "Kit" DeCamps (1878 – 24 August 1951) was a war veteran, civil engineer and college football player who played for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Early life

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DeCamps was born in 1878 in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Ghislain Modeste Decamps (1834–1896) and Mary E. Hahn (1854–1947).[1]

Football career

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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

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

Military career

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

Family

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On November 23, 1907, DeCamps married Lois Catherine Sykes (1881–1924), daughter of Tiberius Constantine Sykes and Alice E. Luke, in Portsmouth, Virginia.[1] They had three children.

DeCamps died on August 24, 1951.

References

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  1. ^ a b Family Search Retrieved 6 May 2015
  2. ^ "Virginia Tech Football - All Century Team". Virginia Tech Magazine. 14 (3). 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  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 (1902). "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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