Date of birth c. 1878 | Position Quarterback | |
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Place of birth Greenville, South Carolina College Virginia Tech Hokies football (1899–1901) | ||
Christie Jean Baptiste "Kit" DeCamps (c. 1878 – ?) was a college football player who played for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
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Early life
DeCamps was born in 1878 in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of Modeste and Mary Decamps.
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 T. C and Alice Sykes, in Portsmouth, Virginia. They had three children.