John Staton
Staton cropped from 1922 team picture.
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| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | |
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| Position | End |
| Class | 1924 |
| Career history | |
| College | Georgia Tech (1920–1923) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | June 9, 1902 |
| Place of birth | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Date of death | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day |
| Place of death | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Career highlights and awards | |
John Curtis Staton (June 9, 1902 – September 16, 1990) was a college football player and Coca Cola executive.
Georgia Tech
Staton was an All-Southern end for William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology.[1] He played with his brother Albert Staton. John was elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1965.[2] At Georgia Tech he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Coca-Cola
Staton then joined Coca-Cola in 1924, becoming vice president before retiring in 1968.[3][4] It was said it was he who designed the company's first cooler and developed its first fountain dispenser.[3]
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