TRAPSHOOTING HALL OF FAME

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

1894

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

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

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