| File:C. J. B. DeCamps (1899).png DeCamps c. 1899 | |
| Virginia Tech Hokies — No. N/A | |
| Quarterback | |
| Major: {{{major}}} | |
| Date of birth: 1878 | |
| Place of birth: Greenville, South Carolina | |
| Career history | |
|---|---|
| College(s): Virginia Tech (1899–1901) | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| *All-Southern substitute (1901) | |
.png){kind=link}
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[]
DeCamps was born in 1878 in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Ghislain Modeste Decamps (1834-1896) and Mary E. Hahn (1854-1947).[1] [2] [3]
Football career[]
DeCamps was a prominent quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.[4] He was considered very fast.[5] He also spent three years at Furman University and a year at Richmond College.[6]
1901[]
DeCamps was captain in 1901.[7][8][9] He was selected a substitute on the All-Southern team.[10][11]
Military career[]
He was once a quartermaster sergeant of Company B, second South Carolina regiment.[12] DeCamps served in the Spanish–American War.[13]
Family[]
On 27 Nov 1907 DeCamps married Lois Catherine Sykes (1881-1924), daughter of Tiberius Constantine Sykes and Alice E. Luke, in Portsmouth, Virginia.[3] They had three children. [14]
- 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.[15]
- 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 WW2
Kit DeCamps died on 24 August 1951.[16]
References[]
- ↑ Ghislain Modeste Decamps at Findagrave Retrieved 18 July 2018
- ↑ Mary E. Hahn at findagrave Retrieved 18 July 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Family Search Retrieved 6 May 2015
- ↑ "Virginia Tech Football - All Century Team". 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/VTMAG/v14n3/page16-19.html.
- ↑ "Blacksburg Eleven". The Times. October 7, 1900. http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=T19001007.1.2#.
- ↑ Chi Psi (1902). The Sixth Decennial Catalogue. p. 345. https://books.google.com/books?id=1t4CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA345&lpg=PA345&dq=christie+decamps+greenville&source=bl&ots=odtnLkqYI8&sig=5GzACMerMsSffRY1tZj9Wg34Lls&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1e9JVeu8GIHVggS-74KQBA&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=christie%20decamps%20greenville&f=false.
- ↑ "Coaches, Captains, Records". p. 258. http://www.hokiesports.com/football/2002MG/11History.pdf.
- ↑ Walter Camp (1902). Spalding's Football Guide. p. 104. https://archive.org/stream/officialnational05nation#page/104/.
- ↑ "Bugle". 1936. p. 373. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/bugle/bugl1936/1936_BUGLE.pdf.
- ↑ ""All Southern" Eleven". The State. February 7, 1902.
- ↑ Oscar P. Schmidt. "Football in the Southern Colleges". The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide: 129. https://books.google.com/books?id=Xws7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA129.
- ↑ The Purple and Gold. Chi Psi Fraternity. 1898. p. 152. https://books.google.com/books?ei=8udJVeGjPMexggTv_YCgAw&id=yC0UAAAAIAAJ&dq=.
- ↑ "Christie J. B. Decamps". http://www.fold3.com/page/631988984_christie_j_b_decamps/.
- ↑ Lois Catherine Sykes at WikiTree Retrieved 20 July 2018
- ↑ DDay Overlord.com Retrieved May 2015
- ↑ DeCamps family bible, unpublished
| |||||
External links[]
- Kit DeCamps at WikiTree Retrieved 17 July 2018
- Kit DeCamps in Spanish–American War Retrieved 13 February 2019
- Kit CeCamps in the 1901 Edition of The Bugle Retrieved 3 August 2019