Established September 9, medical 1885
The Minnesota Diamond Badge consisted of 26 targets at 16 yards and 12 pair of doubles, link for a total of 50 targets. It was considered the Minnesota State Championship from 1885 until 1913.
Article by Minnesota favorite son Jimmy Robinson
The historic Minnesota Diamond Badge has been in competition since 1885. The first winner was George Baldwin of St. Paul with 43 X 50. Junior Dick has won it six times while Art Finney and Herman Hirschy have won it five times. The badge was donated by the St. Paul citizens and was competed for at the State Fair. The badge was an elaborate affair in design, with guns and other sporting designs, carried a perfect one-karat diamond in the center. It was a perpetual badge never to become the possession of any one individual. Professionals were barred from winning the badge in 1905. In 1927 E. L. King and Mrs. King of Winona furnished a solid gold tablet, large enough to engrave the winners and their scores. It was considered the State Championship up until the American trapshooting began in state championships in 1914. Trustees of the badge in 1927 were: Dr. Louis Lyons, Pasadena, California: Summer T. Johnson, Minneapolis, secretary; and James E. Kelly, St. Paul. Lou Kosiba, MTA secretary/treasurer, is the current custodian of the badge and it is kept locked away in a safety deposit box in St. Cloud, MN.
1885
Baldwin
George
43
1886
Paine
Thomas
40
1887
Baldwin
George
40
1888
Baldwin
George
38
1889
Burkhardt
John
44
1890
Pfister
John
47
1891
Block
J. H.
48
1892
Burkhardt
John
44
1893
Burkhardt
John
45
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Burkhardt
John
44
1895
Trent
George
45
1896
Tabor
Bill
38
1897
Shattuck
Bill
39
1898
Parker
L. E.
47
1899
Hirschy
Herman
44
1900
Parker
L. E.
49
1901
Hirschy
Herman
48
1902
Hirschy
Herman
48
1903
Hirschy
Herman
48
1904
Hirschy
Herman
49
1905
Evander
Gus
48
1906
McKinnan
Bill
48
1907
Bowe
W. E.
49
1908
Chesterman
H. H.
47
1909
Guptill
R. D.
46
1910
Sugewe
V. M.
45
1911
White
Art
42
1912
Goward
E. J.
44
1913
Stokke
F. O.
48
1914
Brown
W. P.
47
1915
Goward
E. J.
45
1916
Kepler
George
49
1917
Allen
F. H.
47
1918
Brown
W. A.
46
1919
Jones
J. W.
47
1920
Youngmann
Matt
46
1921
Fauskee
Dave
49
1922
Goward
E. J.
47
1923
McKay
Fred
46
1924
Evander
Gus
46
1925
King
E. L.
48
1926
Maginnis
Harry
47
1927
Troeh
Les
50
1928
Fierabend
August
46
1929
Cunningham
Jack
47
1930
Wing
A. M.
48
1931
Saunders
Forest
48
1932
Maginnis
Harry
50
1933
Lein
Martin
49
1934
Fauskee
Dave
49
1935
Fierabend
Julius
49
1936
Maginnis
Harry
47
1937
Saunders
Forest
50
1938
Finney
Art
48
1939
Dick
Junior
49
1940
Aldritt
Horace
46
1941
Dick
Junior
48
1942
Menth
Fred
49
1943
Dick
Junior
49
1944
Dick
Junior
44
1945
Aldritt
Horace
46
1946
Maginnis
Harry
48
1947
Zweiner
Ray
49
1948
Olson
Bill
48
1949
Zweiner
Ray
48
1950
Graham
Don
49
1951
Olson
W. B.
48
1952
Dirlam
Howard
49
1953
Dick
Junior
50
1954
Higgins
Bard
50
1955
Dick
Junior
49
1956
Finney
Art
49
1957
Zweiner
Ray
49
1958
Jones
Chet
50
1959
Finney
Art
48
1960
Jones
Chet
50
1961
Finney
Art
50
1962
Finney
Art
50
1963
Holm
Dallas
49
1964
Higgins
Jimmy
50
1965
Beuning
Jimmy
50
1966
Ling
Lowell
50
1967
Higgins
Bard
50
1968
Ling
Jerry
50
1969
Moyer
Richard
1970
Hermanson
Richard
1971
Hein
Henry
1972
Heil
Allen
50
1973
Robey
Paul
1974
Sorenson
Bill
1975
Robey
Paul
1976
Sundberg
Doug
1977
Sundberg
Doug
1978
Moyer
Richard
1979
Commers
John
1980
Sundberg
Doug
1981
Munson
Robert
1982
Lembke
Jim
50
1983
Sundberg
Doug
50
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