Kit DeCamps


Christie Jean Baptiste "Kit" DeCamps 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 and Mary E. Hahn.

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

He was once a quartermaster sergeant of Company B, second South Carolina regiment. DeCamps served in the Spanish–American War.

Family

On 27 Nov 1907 DeCamps married Lois Catherine Sykes, daughter of Tiberius Constantine Sykes and Alice E. Luke, in Portsmouth, Virginia. They had three children.
Kit DeCamps died on 24 August 1951.