John Garitty

John Garitty was an All SWC end and team captain of the 1915 Texas A&M football team that beat Texas 13-0 that year at Kyle Field.  He died in 1938 (obituary below).

John Garitty, Sportsman and Official, Dies
Special to The News.

CORSICANA, Texas, July 7. -- Funeral services for Police and Fire Commissioner John P. Garitty, 45, who died at his home Wednesday night, will be held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception Friday at 10 a.m.

Garitty, a native of Corsicana, was graduated from Corsicana High School, where he was a leading athlete and later was an all-conference end on Texas A. & M. College's football team, being captain in 1915. He was a Southwest Conference football official several years. He was sponsor of the Red Horses, independent basketball and baseball clubs here, and at his death was vice-president and chairman of the athletic committee of the Corsicana Dads' Club.  Garitty, a member of the City Commission, had served several terms. In addition to his civic and political activities, he was a director of the First National Bank of Corsicana.

For years Garitty had been a member of the Corsicana Lions' Club and served two years as its president. He was a member of the American Legion. He served overseas as an officer during the World War and held a reserve officer's commission at his death.

A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Garitty, pioneer residents of Corsicana and Navarro County, Garitty is survived by his wife, one son, John Garitty Jr., Corsicana; two brothers, J. N. Garitty, Corsicana, and Bennie Garitty, Dallas, and three sisters, Mrs. Michael S. Hunt, Waco; Mrs. Leo Loney and Mrs. Paul B. Keith of Corsicana, and other relatives.

Source: John Garitty obituary from the Dallas Morning News, 8 July, 1938