Teddy Billington

Edwin Billington
To person
Nickname	Teddy
Date of birth	July 14, 1882
date of death	August 8, 1966
nation	United States
discipline	train
Most important successes
	Olympic games Olympic second ½ mile 1904 Olympic third ¼ mile 1904 Olympic Knights ⅓ Mile 1904 Olympic Knights 1 mile 1904

Edwin "Teddy" Billington (born July 14, 1882 in Southampton , † August 8, 1966 in Pine Brook ) was an American cyclist .

When Teddy Billington was a baby, his parents emigrated with him from the UK to the USA. He grew up in Vailsburg , which was then one of the strongholds of track cycling in the USA. At the Olympic Games in 1904 in St. Louis , he started in seven disciplines on the track and won four medals: a bronze medal each over a third, a quarter and a full mile. He won the silver medal in the half-mile race , even though he had to ride a borrowed bike because his own hadn't yet arrived by train.

Web links

Teddy Billington in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Billington, Teddy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Billington, Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 14, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Southampton
DATE OF DEATH	August 8, 1966
Place of death	Pine Brook