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.
.png) DeCamps c. 1899 | |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | 1878 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died: | August 24, 1951 |
| Career history | |
| College | Virginia Tech (1899–1901) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Early life
editDeCamps 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
editDeCamps 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
editDeCamps was captain in 1901.[5][6][7] He was selected a substitute on the All-Southern team.[8][9]
Military career
editDeCamps was a quartermaster sergeant of Company B, second South Carolina regiment.[10] DeCamps served in the Spanish–American War.[11]
Family
editOn 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.
- Captain William Luke deCamps (July 6, 1911 – May 12, 1991), served in the 111th Field Artillery battalion of the 29th Infantry Division during Operation Overlord.[12]
- Lois Sykes Decamps (1912–1991), married the diplomat George H. Steuart on May 28, 1938 in Wallacetown, Virginia
- Charles Decamps (1914–1991), who served in Italy during World War II
DeCamps died on August 24, 1951.
References
edit- ^ a b Family Search Retrieved 6 May 2015
- ^ "Virginia Tech Football - All Century Team". Virginia Tech Magazine. 14 (3). 1992.
- ^ "Blacksburg Eleven". The Times. October 7, 1900.
- ^ Chi Psi (1902). The Sixth Decennial Catalogue. p. 345.
- ^ "Coaches, Captains, Records" (PDF). p. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ^ Walter Camp (1902). Spalding's Football Guide. p. 104.
- ^ "Bugle" (PDF). 1936. p. 373.
- ^ ""All Southern" Eleven". The State. February 7, 1902.
- ^ Oscar P. Schmidt (1902). "Football in the Southern Colleges". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 129.
- ^ The Purple and Gold. Chi Psi Fraternity. 1898. p. 152.
- ^ "Christie J. B. Decamps".
- ^ DDay Overlord.com Retrieved May 2015
External links
edit- Kit DeCamps in Spanish–American War Retrieved 13 February 2019
- Kit CeCamps in the 1901 Edition of The Bugle Retrieved 3 August 2019