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Position
  
Class
  
Graduate


Name
  
Carter Barron

College
  
Georgia Tech (1924โ€“1926)

Date of birth
  
(1905-01-30)January 30, 1905

Date of death
  
November 16, 1950(1950-11-16) (aged 45)

Place of birth
  

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Carter Tate Barron (January 30, 1905 โ€“ November 16, 1950) was a college football player and motion picture executive.

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The Carter Barron


College football

Carter Barron was one of a trio of football playing brothers for Bill Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football teams, younger than Red Barron and older than Pat Barron. Carter was selected an All-Southern halfback in 1926. A knee injury ultimately ended his football career. Carter also played on the baseball, basketball, and lacrosse teams.

Motion picture executive

In 1942, he was named Washington representative of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.

Amphitheatre

The Carter Barron Amphitheatre is located in Rock Creek Park of Washington, D. C. The plan was expanded upon by Barron as Vice-Chairman for the Sesquicentennial Commission in 1947 as a way to memorialize the 150th Anniversary of Washington, D. C. as the nation's capital.

Personal life

Politically a Democrat, Barron was a personal friend of president Harry Truman, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

References

Carter Barron Wikipedia


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