Gabby Hulgan

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Grant "Gabby" Hulgan (born c. 1954 in Bessemer) is a former world champion skeet shooter and the coach of the University of Alabama skeet shooting team, which was organized in 2009 as a club sport.

Hulgan won his first title as a sub-junior in the 1965 World Skeet Shooting Championships. He culminated his career as the 1998 World Champion of Champions. He holds the record for highest average in the 12-gauge sub-junior division and maintained the world's highest average 20 times over his career, with championships in 1981 and 1995. He earned eight gold medals, four silvers and six bronzes in World Championships and was inducted into the National Skeet Shooting Hall of Fame in 1997.

References

  • Bolton, Michael C. (June 26, 2011) "Springville's Matt Gossett joins long line of legendary shotgun shooters from Alabama." Birmingham News

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