Sports Participated In. Shooting sports, trap & skeet shooting.

Championship Teams:

Made CT. state 5-man team 10 times – trap shooting. Made Winchester trap & skeet team 4 consecutive years; made tri-state 5 man team sponsored by NYAC & top sports writers of NYC.

All League/All-Conference:

I was inducted into the CT. State Trapshooting Hall of Fame in 1991 which is located in the Hartford Gun Club, East Granby, CT.

Personal Statistics:

Won all N.E. states handicap championship 1952-1953; won CT state trap shooting championship 9 times; won 2^nd place A.T.A. world champ 1970 at Vandilia, Ohio, 2,045 entries, score 98X100-1971; 5^th place ATA world champ Vandlia, Ohio; grand American handicap 98-100; shot in world champ 25 years; 7^th shooter to win 4600 entries; A.T.A. Conn. delegate 15 years, A.T.A Board of Directors 15 years; competed in register shoot 52 years. I was born in a small town – Sumner, Miss. I lost sight in my left eye at age 17 in a quail hunting accident. I learned to shoot shotgun with my dad who trained English pointers. In 1942 I came to Conn. in Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt program National Youth Assoc. I was placed in New Departure where I worked for 32 ½ years – retired in 1971. We had a big family – 6 boys and 6 girls. 4 of my brothers served in World War II – all came home. 1 injured at Anzio Beach  head. They wouldn’t take me because of my blind left eye so I served in N.D. I stayed here after the war and started shooting in 1951. I shot over 90,000 singles, 60,000 handicap and 30,000 doubles registered targets under the A.T.A. I served every office in the CT. trapshooting; 6 years as President. The State of Ct. has been good to me. The City of Bristol has been extra good to me. I have been here 63 years and loved every minute of it. I hope I have been good for Bristol. I pay my taxes on time and I never spent a night in anyone’s jail.