John Curtis Staton (June 9, 1902 – September 16, 1990) was a college football player and Coca-Cola executive.[1]
 Staton cropped from 1922 team picture. | |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
|---|---|
| Position | End |
| Class | 1924 |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 9, 1902 Atlanta, Georgia, US |
| Died: | September 16, 1990 (aged 88) Atlanta, Georgia, US |
| Career history | |
| College | Georgia Tech (1920–1923) |
| High school | Boys |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Early years
editJohn Curtis Staton was born June 9, 1902, in Atlanta, the son of John Curtis Staton and Bivien Hammond Staton.[2] He attended Boys High School.
Georgia Tech
editStaton was an All-Southern end for William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology.[3] He played with his brother Albert Staton, and also played basketball, track, and swimming. John was elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1965.[4] He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Coca-Cola
editStaton then joined Coca-Cola in 1924, becoming vice president before retiring in 1968.[5][6] It was said it was him who designed the company's first cooler and developed its first fountain dispenser.[5] Prior to being vice president he was export manager, and his career included time spent in several other countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Mexico.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ Counter-Cola: A Multinational History of the Global Corporation. Univ of California Press. 28 May 2019. ISBN 9780520970946.
- ^ "Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX27-C6L : 4 March 2021), John Curtis Staton, Immigration; citing 1950, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).
- ^ "Experts Select Star Athletes". The State. December 5, 1920.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
- ^ a b "John C. Staton, Executive, 89". New York Times. September 20, 1990.
- ^ "Bill Fincher ; J.C. Staton".
- ^ Hunter, Douglas (May 26, 2017). Canada's Coca-Cola: Refreshing the Nation for 120 Years. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 9780771023934 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wm. B. Hunter, Jr. (1951). "Spenser and Milton in Southeast". South Atlantic Bulletin. 16 (4): 1–6. doi:10.2307/3196822. JSTOR 3196822 – via JSTOR.