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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox sportsperson 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]

Biography

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]

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  4. 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 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."
  5. "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."