Ralph Spotts

{{Short description|American sport shooter}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1875|6|14}}

| birth_place = Canton, Ohio, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1924|4|17|1875|6|14}}

| death_place = New York, New York, United States

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| sport = Sports shooting

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's shooting}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1912 Stockholm | Men's trap team}}

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Ralph Lewis Spotts (June 14, 1875 – April 17, 1924) was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/ralph-spotts-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102757/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/ralph-spotts-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ralph Spotts |accessdate=23 November 2014 |work=Sports Reference}}

Life and career

He was born in Canton, Ohio on June 14, 1875. In 1912, he won the gold medal as a member of the American team in the team clay pigeons competition. He finished ninth in the individual trap event. He died on April 17, 1924, in New York City.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/44768 |title=Ralph Spotts |work=Olympedia |access-date=6 June 2021}}

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