Amos KentAmos Kent was a college football player and lumber salesman.Early yearsAmos Kent was born on January 3, 1902, in Kentwood, Louisiana, to Walter Campbell Kent and Katherine Esther Varnado. His great-grandfather and namesake Amos Kent founded the town of Kentwood in 1850. The older Amos came originally from Chester, New Hampshire.SewaneeAmos Kent was a prominent center and guard for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South. At Sewanee Kent was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.1925He was selected All-Southern.LumberHe was once the president of the Amos Kent Lumber Company.