Billy Kidd

William Winston "Billy" Kidd (born April 13, 1943) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1962 to 1970.

At the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Kidd and teammate Jimmie Heuga became the first American men to win Olympic medals in alpine skiing, winning silver and bronze in the slalom. Six years later, Kidd won a gold medal in the combined and a bronze in the slalom at the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena, Italy. He promptly switched circuits and enjoyed a successful pro ski racing career from 1970 to 1972. Since 1970, Kidd has enjoyed enduring "legend" status in the sport, and he has remained in the public eye in his job as Director of Skiing at Steamboat Ski Resort in Colorado.

Early life

Born in Burlington, Vermont, Kidd grew up in the 1950s in the ski town of Stowe, where his family ran the Buccaneer Motel. With encouragement and coaching from his father, and with support from the town of Stowe, he became a top junior ski racer at Stowe with the Mount Mansfield Ski Team. Kidd was named to the U.S. Ski Team for the 1962 season.

Billy Kidd (footballer)

Billy Kidd (31 January 1908 - 1978) is a former professional footballer who played for Chesterfield F.C. for the whole of his professional career. He was born in Pegswood.

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