Carter Barron
Carter Barron | |
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| Born | January 30, 1905 |
| Died | November 16, 1950 (aged 45) |
| Occupation | Motion picture executive |
| Football career | |
| Profile | |
| Position | Halfback |
| Career information | |
| College | Georgia Tech (1924–1926) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Carter Tate Barron (January 30, 1905 – November 16, 1950) was a college football player and motion picture executive.
College football
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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.[1][2] Carter was selected an All-Southern halfback in 1926.[3] A knee injury ultimately ended his football career.[4] Carter also played on the baseball, basketball, and lacrosse teams.[1]
Motion picture executive
[edit | edit source]In 1942, he was named Washington representative of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.[1][5]
Amphitheatre
[edit | edit source]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.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Politically a Democrat, Barron was a personal friend of presidents Harry Truman[1] and Franklin D. Roosevelt.[6]
Two of Carter Barron's nieces, Jo Barron Atchison and Alae Risse Lietch, began attending Georgia Tech games when they were young in the 1930s because of tickets sent by Carter Barron. Atchison and Lietch in 2017, were featured in an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about their long standing attendance to Tech Football games started by Carter Barron.[7]
See also
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External links
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- 1905 births
- 1950 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- All-Southern college football players
- People from Clarkesville, Georgia
- Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players
- Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball players
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball players
- Washington, D.C., Democrats
- People from Washington, D.C.
- American men's basketball players
- 20th-century American sportsmen