Jay Dee Patton

Jay Dee Patton (September 16, 1907 – December 24, 1975) was an American college football player, World War II veteran, and printer.

Jay Dee Patton
Sewanee Tigers
PositionTackle
Class1932
Personal information
Born:(1907-09-16)September 16, 1907
Tennessee
Died:December 24, 1975(1975-12-24) (aged 68)
Richmond, Virginia
Weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career history
CollegeSewanee (1931)
High schoolHume-Fogg
Career highlights and awards

Early years

Patton was born on September 16, 1907, to Wade Hampton Patton and Agnes née Self. Patton attended Hume-Fogg High School in Nashville, Tennessee.

College football

Patton was a prominent tackle for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, a member of the school's All-time football team.[1][2][3] He was selected All-Southern in 1931.[4][5] He also later officiated some games.

He was also an All-American in 1931 while at Sewanee.

He went on to play for the Staten Island Stapes, a football team that failed during the Great Depression.[6] He also played for the Richmond Arrows.[7]

World War II

Jay Dee served as a lieutenant colonel in the cavalry of the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.[8] Neil Edmond, an earlier Sewanee player, was the same rank.

Richmond

After the war he moved to Richmond, Virginia, where he ran a printing business[9] and also ran the Virginia State Penitentiary printing press. He established his own printing consulting firm in 1952.[10]

He married Florence "Billie" Boward and had one son, Jay Dee Patton, Jr.[11][12]

References
  1. "Sewanee's All-Time Football Team". Sewanee Alumni News. February 1949.
  2. Charles Edward Thomas (1934). Sewanee, the Oxford of America. p. 27.
  3. https://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A22903/datastream/PDF/view
  4. Dillon Graham (December 2, 1931). "Three Tulane Stars Picked for All-Southern Team". Fitchburg Sentinel.
  5. "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
  6. Hogrogian, John (1985). "THE STATEN ISLAND STAPLETONS" (PDF).
  7. "Jay Patton Stats - Pro Football Archives". www.profootballarchives.com.
  8. https://dspace.sewanee.edu/bitstream/handle/11005/2560/sewaneealumninewsv9194243.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  9. Virginia Wildlife. Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. 1958.
  10. "Sewanee News, 1976". University of the South. 1976.
  11. "Jay Patton Obituary (2013) - Columbia, SC - The Herald". www.legacy.com.
  12. "Births". The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega. 59 (4): 61.
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