| Albert Staton | |
| Class: | 1922 |
| Birth Date: | 4 December 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Attalla, Alabama |
| Death Place: | Medellin, Colombia |
| Currentposition: | End |
| School: | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
| Weight Lb: | 182 |
| Highschool: | Boys |
| Pastschools: | Georgia Tech (1918 - 1922) |
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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,[1] and a Coca-Cola executive in Colombia.
Albert Staton was born on December 4, 1899, in Attalla, Alabama, the son of John Curtis Staton and Bivien Hammond Staton.[2] He attended Boys High School in Atlanta, Georgia.
Staton graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech. He was a prominent end for the Georgia Tech football team. He was selected All-Southern every year he played,[3] and picked for its All-Era Team. Albert played with his brother John.
In 1921, Staton was captain of the basketball team.[4]
Staton was elected into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1963.[5]
Al Staton was the first chief executive officer of the Alumni Association and editor of its magazine.[6] He could also sing, a baritone.[7]
He worked for the Coca-Cola company in Colombia, founding the company Panamerican Beverages.[8] [9] He joined the company in 1924.[10]
During World War II, he served in the Army Air Corps.[11]