Noah Caton
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| Class | Graduate |
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| Major | Engineering |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 17, 1897 River Falls, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died: | April 12, 1922 (aged 25) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Career history | |
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Noah Winston Caton (February 17, 1897 – April 12, 1922) was an American football player and track star for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. Caton was thrice selected All-Southern. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. His older brother Eugene was also a prominent Auburn football player.[1]
Early years
Noah Winston Caton was born on February 17, 1897, in
Auburn University
Caton was a prominent
Auburn's yearbook The Glomerata says this of Caton: "a combination of center and tackle that is hard to beat. He has fought against pivot men of all calibres and none of them have been able to put anything over his sector."[5]
Death
Caton died in a Birmingham hospital early in life due to appendicitis.[6] An operation had happened too late and he survived just a week after it. He was in an unconscious condition for 48 hours before relatives gave up hope of recovery.[2] By his side as he died, as well as family, was coach Mike Donahue.
References
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ Russell, Fred, and Maxwell Edward Benson. Fifty Years of Vanderbilt Football. Nashville, TN, 1938, p. 38
- ISBN 9780064640916.
- ^ 1920 Glomerata, p.178
- ^ Kappa Sigma Fraternity (1921). Caduceus. Vol. 37.
