Don Billingsley’s father, Charlie, too, was a running back for Permian, arguably more talented than Don—but Charlie shares Don’s propensity for drinking, womanizing, and fighting. By the end of the football season, Charlie has drifted away from Don, and is back in rehab, having tried, and failed, to remain sober to watch Don play.
Charlie Billingsley Quotes in Friday Night Lights
The Friday Night Lights quotes below are all either spoken by Charlie Billingsley or refer to Charlie Billingsley. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Perseus edition of Friday Night Lights published in 1990.
Chapter 4: Dreaming of Heroes
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I’ve spilt more whiskey than most people have drunk . . . I wouldn’t have married a couple of girls I married . . . .
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Charlie Billingsley Character Timeline in Friday Night Lights
The timeline below shows where the character Charlie Billingsley appears in Friday Night Lights. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4: Dreaming of Heroes
...Paso Austin. Bissinger moves from Winchell to a running back named Don Billingsley, whose father Charlie sits in the stands, watching his son play.
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Charlie Billingsley was a notable running back for Permian in the 1960s, where he was also...
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Charlie, watching the El Paso game from the stands, comments that he is perhaps living through...
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