Albert Staton

Albert Staton

Staton c. 1920
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position	End
Class	1922
Career history
College	Georgia Tech (1918–1922)
High school	Boys
Personal information
Date of birth	December 4, 1899
Place of birth	Attalla, Alabama
Date of death	January 15, 1980 (aged 80)
Place of death	Medellin, Colombia
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. Staton was captain of the 1921 basketball team.^[1] While playing for Georgia Tech football teams he was selected All-Southern every year he played,^[2] and picked for its All-Era Team. Albert played with his brother John. Albert was elected into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1963.^[3]

Al Staton was the first chief executive officer of the Alumni Association and editor of its magazine.^[4]

References

1. "Staton Elected". The Atlanta Constitution. March 20, 1920. p. 14.
2. [{Closed access}} "Georgia Tech Has Four on All-Southern Team". Miami Herald. December 13, 1922.
3. "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame".
4. "75 Years Ago". Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine 84 (1): 69. 2007.