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William McLaren (sport shooter)

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William McLaren
Personal information
Born(1881-03-08)8 March 1881
Grey, Ontario, Canada
Died19 March 1962(1962-03-19) (aged 81)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sport
SportSports shooting

William Benjamin McLaren (8 March 1881 – 19 March 1962) was a Canadian sports shooter.[1] He competed in the team clay pigeon event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[2] He won the Canadian trap shooting championship in 1915 and 1920, and eight times the trap shooting championship of Alberta.[3] He had moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1906, and operated a hardware store there. He died in 1962.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "William McLaren". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ "William McLaren". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b "City Store Owner Dies At Age 81". The Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta. 20 March 1962. p. 34. Retrieved 31 January 2019. Free access icon
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