Charles W. Billings (November 26, 1866 – December 13, 1928) was a politician and competitive shooter from New Jersey who was a member of the 1912 Summer Olympics American trapshooting team that won the gold medal in team clay pigeons.[1] He was a member of the New York Athletic Club.[2] He competed in the Travers Island, New York clay pigeon shooting competition in both 1911 and 1913.[3]
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| Born | November 26, 1866 Eatontown, New Jersey, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Died | December 13, 1928 (aged 62) Deal, New Jersey, United States | ||||||||||||||
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Biography edit
He was born on November 26, 1866, in Eatontown, New Jersey.[4]
In 1912 he won the gold medal as member of the American team in the team clay pigeons competition.[4] In the individual trap competition he finished 42nd.[4]
Billings, who had served from 1920 until his death as the first mayor of Oceanport, New Jersey, died of a heart attack on December 13, 1928, in Deal, New Jersey.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ "Charles W. Billings". Olympedia. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ James Edward Sullivan, ed. (1912). The Olympic games, Stockholm, 1912. American sports publishing Company. p. 97.
Clay Bird Shooting Team. Charles W. Billings; New York Athletic Club. Ralph L. Spotts, New York Athletic Club; John H. Hendrickson, Brooklyn; James R. Graham, Chicago; Edward F. Gleason, Boston Athletic Association; Frank Hall, New York Athletic Club; Daniel F. McMahon, New York Athletic Club
- ^ "Olympic Shooter At Travers Island. C. W. Billings Wins Most of New York A.C.'s Trapshooting Trophies". The New York Times. March 23, 1913. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
C.W. Billings, a member of the American Olympic trapshooting team, arrived at Travers Island yesterday and took part in the weekly shoot of the New York Athletic Club. Although Mr. Billings has been spending the Winter in Florida, where he has had very little shooting, he was in excellent form and won the majority of the trophies.
- ^ a b c d Charles Billings, Sports-Reference.com. Accessed February 1, 2018. "Born: November 26, 1866 in Eatontown, New Jersey, United States.... Charles Billings of Glen Ridge, New Jersey was on the first trapshooting squad the U.S. ever entered in the Olympics.... From 1920 until his death in 1928, Billings was the first mayor of Oceanport, New Jersey."
- ^ "Oceanport Mayor Buried At Milford", Asbury Park Press, December 17, 1928. Accessed February 1, 2018. "Over 200 friends from Monmouth county and New York city yesterday afternoon paid tribute to the late Mayor Charles W. Billings at services held at the late residence here. Mayor Billings died suddenly Thursday afternoon from an acute heart attack while conversing with friends at the Deal Golf club.... The deceased was also a member of the Olympic trapshooting team."