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American football player, coach, and oil salesman (1889–1979)

Eugene Caton
Biographical details

Born	(1889-10-13)October 13, 1889 Covington County, Alabama, U.S.
Died	March 12, 1979(1979-03-12) (aged 89) Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1909–1911	Auburn

Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1915	Howard (AL)
Baseball
1916	Howard (AL)

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1915	Howard (AL)

Head coaching record
Overall	3–4–1 (football) 9–12 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-Southern (1910)

Eugene Leon Caton (October 13, 1889 – March 12, 1979) was an American college football player and coach as well as an oil salesman.

Early years

Caton was born on October 13, 1889, in Covington County, Alabama, to Noah Dent Caton and Elizabeth Rousseau.

He was a center for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. John Heisman considered him one of the south's greatest centers. He was selected All-Southern in 1910. Eugene was the older brother of Noah Caton. He was 171 pounds.

Caton coached the Howard Bulldogs in 1915.

Caton managed the southern branch of the Pure Oil company in 1922, which marketed Tiolene, Pennsylvania base motor oil.


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Howard Baptists (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915)
1915	Howard	3–4–1	0–3	T–20th
Howard:		3–4–1	0–3
Total:		13–4–1

"Howard College Has New Athletic Director". The Huntsville Daily Times. May 31, 1915.
Spalding's Football Guide. Shawnee Mission, Kansas, NCAA Publishing Service. 1911. pp. 35, 65.
"Caton Sells Tiolene 'All-Southern' Style". Atlanta Constitution. September 24, 1922. p. 2. Retrieved March 4, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Samford Bulldogs athletic directors
B. L. Noojin (1912–1915) Eugene Caton (1915–1916) John B. Longwell (1916–1917) Chester C. Dillon (1919–1920) Robert C. Marshall (1920–1922) Harris G. Cope (1922–1924) Chester C. Dillon (1925–1929) Eddie McLane (1929–1934) Billy Bancroft (1934–1940) William C. White (1940–1942) Euil Snider (1942–1944) Bub Walker (1944–1945) Clarence E. McCarver (1946–1948) Clayton Cornish (1949–1951) Earl Gartman (c. 1954) James E. Sharman (1955–1969) Evan Zeiger (1969–1984) Laverne A. Farmer # (1984–1985) Paul Dietzel (1985–1987) Stephen C. Allgood (1988–1999) Bob Roller (1999–2011) Martin Newton (2011– ) # denotes interim athletic director

B. L. Noojin (1912–1915)
Eugene Caton (1915–1916)
John B. Longwell (1916–1917)
Chester C. Dillon (1919–1920)
Robert C. Marshall (1920–1922)
Harris G. Cope (1922–1924)
Chester C. Dillon (1925–1929)
Eddie McLane (1929–1934)
Billy Bancroft (1934–1940)
William C. White (1940–1942)
Euil Snider (1942–1944)
Bub Walker (1944–1945)
Clarence E. McCarver (1946–1948)
Clayton Cornish (1949–1951)
Earl Gartman (c. 1954)
James E. Sharman (1955–1969)
Evan Zeiger (1969–1984)
Laverne A. Farmer # (1984–1985)
Paul Dietzel (1985–1987)
Stephen C. Allgood (1988–1999)
Bob Roller (1999–2011)
Martin Newton (2011– )

# denotes interim athletic director

v t e Samford Bulldogs head football coaches
Houston Gwin (1902) Walter T. O'Hara (1903) Houston Gwin (1903) No team (1904) Davis F. Stakely (1905) John Counselman (1906–1908) Winton M. Blount (1908) John B. Longwell (1909) James C. Donnelly (1910) John B. Longwell (1911) B. L. Noojin (1912–1914) Eugene Caton (1915) John B. Longwell (1916–1917) C. W. Streit (1917) Maxwell James (1918) Chester C. Dillon (1919) Robert C. Marshall (1920–1921) Harris G. Cope (1922–1923) Jenks Gillem (1924–1926) Chester C. Dillon (1927–1928) Eddie McLane (1929–1933) Clyde Propst (1934) Billy Bancroft (1935–1939) William C. White (1940–1941) No team (1942) Euil Snider (1943) Bub Walker (1944–1945) No team (1946–1947) Ted McCrary (1948) Earl Gartman (1949–1953) William C. White (1954) Howard Foote (1955–1956) Virgil Ledbetter (1957–1958) Bobby Bowden (1959–1962) Bubba Scott (1963–1965) John Lee Armstrong (1966–1968) Wayne Grubb (1969–1973) No team (1974–1983) Kim Alsop (1984–1986) Terry Bowden (1987–1992) Chan Gailey (1993) Pete Hurt (1994–2001) Bill Gray (2001–2006) Pat Sullivan (2007–2014) Chris Hatcher (2015– )

v t e Samford Bulldogs head baseball coaches
Unknown (1905–1907) Davis F. Stakely (1908) James C. Donnelly (1909) Unknown (1910–1911) B. L. Noojin (1913–1915) Eugene Caton (1916) Unknown (1917) Richard Griffin (1918) Unknown (1919) Chester C. Dillon (1920) Unknown (1921–1922) Harris G. Cope (1923–1924) Chester C. Dillon (1925) Williams Newton (1926–1927) Eddie McLane (1928–1929) Williams Newton (1930–1931) Eddie McLane (1932) No team (1933) Unknown (1934) Roy E. Fayet (1935) Billy Bancroft (1936–1939) No team (1940–1948) Herman Roberson (1949) Unknown (1950–1951) Earl Gartman (1952–1955) Virgil Ledbetter (1956–1965) J. T. Haywood & Tommy Hill (1966) Unknown (1967) Wayne Grubb (1968) No team (1969–1983) J. T. Haywood (1984–1987) John Deitrick (1988) Tommy Walker (1989–1997) Tim Parenton (1998–2004) Casey Dunn (2005–2021) Tony David (2022– )

v t e 1910 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections
Backfield	QB Chigger Browne HB Ray Morrison HB Aubrey Lanier FB Bradley Streit†
Line	E Jenks Gillem E Bill Neely T Ewing Y. Freeland T Pat Patterson G Will Metzger† G Earl Kinnebrew C Eugene Caton
† = Unanimous selection