Career
Barron was a three-sport letterwinner at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In football, he was named second or third team All American twice, first-team All-Southern four times, and was an inductee to Technical"s Hall of Fame and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. He was also twice an All-Southern baseball player at Technology
Barron was a prominent halfback for John Heisman and Bill Alexander"s Golden Tornado football teams of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1919 to 1922.
Former Technical fullback Sam Murray, who played as a substitute for later Technical back Doug Wycoff, was asked about a certain strong runner in the 1930s, "He"s good. But if I were playing again, I would have one wish – never to see bearing down upon me a more fearsome picture of power than Judy Harlan blocking for Red Barron."
During the Cocking affair, Eugene Talmadge attempted to place Barron in a new position as vice president of his alma mater.
The move was widely criticized by alumni, and Barron subsequently declined to accept the position. Football
Barron played with a group of all-star collegians representing Coral Gables against Red Grange"s traveling Chicago Bears.
NFL league president Joseph Carr chose Barron for his All-star team of 1925.
Baseball
Barron then played baseball professionally with the Boston Braves in 1929. He later became a high school football coach. Barron coached for Dacula High School, as well as Monroe, Rabun County, and Clayton high schools.
