Athletics Hall of Fame
Carl Byron ’15 excelled in numerous sports during the early 1900’s. He competed in baseball, basketball, football and track and field at Union. He earned eight letters in four sports. Byron was the starting halfback for the 1913 and 1914 football teams and was a key member of the undefeated and untied 1914 Dutchmen. That was Union’s first undefeated football season. A transfer from Centre College in Kentucky, Byron also earned eight letters in the same four sports while at Centre. He received a degree in Chemistry at Union, and enlisted in World War I on behalf of the chemistry research section of the Army. He was assigned as a student gas officer in the chemical warfare service in France. Byron was a chemical engineer for Remington Typewriter Company in Ilion, NY and “one of the best known men in technical services in that city.” He passed away on June 4, 1969.
