Kit DeCamps
.png) 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) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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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.
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).
Football career
DeCamps was a prominent quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He was considered very fast. He also spent three years at Furman University and a year at Richmond College.
1901
DeCamps was captain in 1901. He was selected a substitute on the All-Southern team.
Military career
DeCamps was a quartermaster sergeant of Company B, second South Carolina regiment. DeCamps served in the Spanish–American War.
Family
On November 23, 1907, DeCamps married Lois Catherine Sykes (1881–1924), daughter of Tiberius Constantine Sykes and Alice E. Luke, in Portsmouth, Virginia. 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.
- 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.