Carter Tate Barron (January 30, 1905 – November 16, 1950) was a

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player and motion picture executive.

College football

Carter Barron was one of a trio of football playing brothers for Bill Alexander's

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teams, younger than

Red Barron David Irenus "Red" Barron (June 21, 1900 – October 4, 1982) was an American football and baseball player. Barron was a three-sport letterwinner at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In football, he was named second or third team All Americ ...

and older than Pat Barron. Carter was selected an All-Southern halfback in 1926. A knee injury ultimately ended his football career. Carter also played on the

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, and

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teams.

Motion picture executive

In 1942, he was named

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representative of

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studios.

Amphitheatre

The Carter Barron Amphitheatre is located in

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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.

Personal life

Politically a

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, Barron was a personal friend of presidents

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and

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. 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 a
article
in the ''Atlanta Journal Constitution'' about their long standing attendance to Tech Football games started by Carter Barron.

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