Charles W. Billings (November 26, 1866 – December 13, 1928) was a politician and competitive shooter from
New Jersey
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who was a member of the
1912 Summer Olympics
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American trapshooting team that won the gold medal in team clay pigeons. He was a member of the
New York Athletic Club
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. He competed in the
Travers Island, New York
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clay pigeon shooting
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The terminology commonly used by clay shooters often relates to time ...
competition in both 1911 and 1913.
Biography
He was born on November 26, 1866, in
Eatontown, New Jersey
Eatontown is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the borough's population was 12,709,Charles Billings
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. 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."
In 1912 he won the gold medal as member of the American team in the team clay pigeons competition. In the individual trap competition he finished 42nd.
Billings, who had served from 1920 until his death as the first mayor of
Oceanport, New Jersey
Oceanport is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 5,832,Deal, New Jersey
Deal is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, settled by Europeans in the mid-1660s and named after an English carpenter from Deal, Kent. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 900, an increas ...
Asbury Park Press
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Its reporting staff has been awarded numerous national hon ...
'', 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."