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Dave Billings (born 1953) was [1] a selector for the Dublin senior football team. He worked under the management of Paul Caffrey along with his co-selectors Brian Talty and Paul Clarke. Billings was previously a co-selector along with Paul Caffrey and Paddy Canning when Tommy Lyons was manager of the Dublin Gaelic football team between from 2001 to 2004. [2] He is a UCD Commerce graduate and was in charge of all Gaelic games on the UCD campus. [3]
Billings died on 14 April 2015. [4]
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