Gabby Hulgan
Louis Grant "Gabby" Hulgan (born c. 1954 in Bessemer; died July 31, 2022 in McCalla) was a 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 held 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.
On July 31, 2022 Hulgan and his wife, Bernice, were found dead from gunshot wounds at their home on the 5500 block of Myron Clark Road in McCalla. Investigators concluded that Mr Hulgan had carried out a murder-suicide.
References
- Bolton, Michael C. (June 26, 2011) "Springville's Matt Gossett joins long line of legendary shotgun shooters from Alabama." The Birmingham News
- Robinson, Carol (August 2, 2022) "McCalla deaths of skeet shooting champion and wife were murder-suicide, sheriff’s office says" The Birmingham News
External links
- University of Alabama Skeet Shooting team at urec.ua.edu