Kit DeCamps
American soldier, engineer, and football player (1878–1951)
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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.
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Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
DeCamps c. 1899 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1878 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | August 24, 1951 |
| Career information | |
| College | Virginia Tech (1899–1901) |
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Early life
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
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
DeCamps was a quartermaster sergeant of Company B, second South Carolina regiment.[10] DeCamps served in the Spanish–American War.[11]
Family
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.
- 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.