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Born | Southampton, England | July 14, 1882|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | August 8, 1966 Pine Brook, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 84)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwin "Teddy" Billington (July 14, 1882, Southampton – August 8, 1966, Pine Brook, New Jersey)[1] was an American racing cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century. An all round cycling talent he competed in Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the ½ mile and three bronze medals in the ¼ mile, ⅓ and the mile race.[2] His fiercest competitors were fellow Americans Marcus Hurley and Burton Downing who mostly won gold and silver respectively.[3]