John Staton

John Curtis Staton (June 9, 1902 – September 16, 1990) was a college football player and Coca-Cola executive.[1]

John Staton
Staton cropped from 1922 team picture.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
PositionEnd
Class1924
Personal information
Born:(1902-06-09)June 9, 1902
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Died:September 16, 1990(1990-09-16) (aged 88)
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Career history
CollegeGeorgia Tech (1920–1923)
High schoolBoys
Career highlights and awards

Early years

John Curtis Staton was born June 9, 1902, in Atlanta, the son of John Curtis Staton and Bivien Hammond Staton.[2] He attended Boys High School.

Georgia Tech

Staton was an All-Southern end for William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology.[3] He played with his brother Albert Staton, and also played basketball, track, and swimming. John was elected to the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1965.[4] He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Coca-Cola

Staton then joined Coca-Cola in 1924, becoming vice president before retiring in 1968.[5][6] It was said it was him who designed the company's first cooler and developed its first fountain dispenser.[5] Prior to being vice president he was export manager, and his career included time spent in several other countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Mexico.[7][8]

References
  1. Counter-Cola: A Multinational History of the Global Corporation. Univ of California Press. 28 May 2019. ISBN 9780520970946.
  2. "Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX27-C6L : 4 March 2021), John Curtis Staton, Immigration; citing 1950, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).
  3. "Experts Select Star Athletes". The State. December 5, 1920.
  4. "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  5. "John C. Staton, Executive, 89". New York Times. September 20, 1990.
  6. "Bill Fincher ; J.C. Staton".
  7. Hunter, Douglas (May 26, 2017). Canada's Coca-Cola: Refreshing the Nation for 120 Years. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 9780771023934 – via Google Books.
  8. Wm. B. Hunter, Jr. (1951). "Spenser and Milton in Southeast". South Atlantic Bulletin. 16 (4): 1–6. doi:10.2307/3196822. JSTOR 3196822 – via JSTOR.
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