Charles W. Billings Explained

Birth Date:	26 November 1866
Birth Place:	Eatontown, New Jersey, United States
Death Place:	Deal, New Jersey, United States

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles W. Billings . Olympedia . 6 June 2021.
2. Book: James Edward Sullivan . James Edward Sullivan . The Olympic games, Stockholm, 1912 . 1912 . American sports publishing Company. 97. .
3. News: Olympic Shooter At Travers Island. C. W. Billings Wins Most of New York A.C.'s Trapshooting Trophies . 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. . . March 23, 1913 . 2010-12-31 .
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073540/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/charles-billings-1.html Charles Billings
5. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/143916690/ "Oceanport Mayor Buried At Milford"