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 | September 16, 1990 (aged 88) |
| 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.
Staton was an All-Southern end for William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He played with his brother Albert Staton. John was elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1965. At Georgia Tech he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Staton then joined Coca-Cola in 1924, becoming vice president before retiring in 1968. It was said it was he who designed the company's first cooler and developed its first fountain dispenser.
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