Albert Staton

American football and basketball player (1899–1980)

Albert Staton

Staton c. 1920

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position| End
Class| 1922
Personal information
Born:| (1899-12-04)December 4, 1899
Attalla, Alabama
Died:| January 15, 1980(1980-01-15) (aged 80)
Medellin, Colombia
Weight| 182 lb (83 kg)
Career history
College| Georgia Tech (1918–1922)
High school| Boys
Career highlights and awards

* SIAA championship (1918, 1920, 1921)
* SoCon championship (1922)
* All-Southern (1919, 1920, 1921, 1922)
* Tech Athletics Hall of Fame
* Tech All-Era Team (John Heisman Era)

Albert Hammond Staton (December 4, 1899 – January 15, 1980) was a college football and basketball player for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology,[1] and a Coca-Cola executive in Colombia.

## Early years

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Albert Staton was born on December 4, 1899, in Attalla, Alabama, the son of John Curtis Staton and Bivien Hammond Staton.[2] He attended Boys High School in Atlanta, Georgia.

## Georgia Tech

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Staton graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech. He was a prominent end for the Georgia Tech football team. He was selected All-Southern every year he played,[3] and picked for its All-Era Team. Albert played with his brother John.

In 1921, Staton was captain of the basketball team.[4]

Staton was elected into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1963.[5]

Al Staton was the first chief executive officer of the Alumni Association and editor of its magazine.[6] He could also sing, a baritone.[7]

## Coca-Cola

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He worked for the Coca-Cola company in Colombia, founding the company Panamerican Beverages.[8][9] He joined the company in 1924.[10]

## World War II

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During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps.[11]

## References

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1. ^ Albert H. Staton
2. ^ "Georgia, World War I, Statement of Service Cards, 1920-1929," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPF7-MBJS: 9 September 2019), Albert Hamon Staton, 1 Oct 1918; citing Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States, Military Service, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta.
3. ^ "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Miami Herald. December 13, 1922.
4. ^ "Staton Elected". The Atlanta Constitution. March 20, 1920. p. 14.
5. ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
6. ^ "75 Years Ago". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. 84 (1): 69. 2007.
7. ^ Southern Telephone News. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company, Incorporated. 1921.
8. ^ Counter-Cola: A Multinational History of the Global Corporation. Univ of California Press. May 28, 2019. ISBN 9780520970946.
9. ^ Parkinson, Charles (March 8, 2012). "New Colombian entrant on Forbes rich list".
10. ^ Ciafone, Amanda (2018). "Selling Local Modernization through the Global Corporation: Coca-Cola Bottling in Colombia, 1927-1944". Historia y Sociedad (34): 41–75\. doi:10.15446/HYS.N34.65507. S2CID 158980469.
11. ^ Staton, Inge; Villa, Ofelia Luz de (2015). The Unknown Legacy of Albert H. Staton. White Poppy Press. ISBN 9780990570905.

Albert Staton – awards and honors

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1921 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield|

* QB Bo McMillin†
* HB Red Barron
* HB Goat Hale
* FB Judy Harlan

Line|

* E Owen Reynolds
* E Red Roberts
* T Artie Pew
* T Albert Staton
* G Hugh Whelchel
* G Noah Caton
* C Bum Day

† = Unanimous selection

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1922 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield|

* QB Herb Covington
* HB Red Barron†
* HB John Shirey
* FB John Fletcher

Line|

* E Lynn Bomar†
* E Red Roberts
* T Albert Staton
* T Joe Bennett
* G Oscar Davis
* G Hugh Whelchel
* C Claire Frye

† = Unanimous selection

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

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