Wisconsin Dartball
Hall of Fame
Inductees

Bernie Stern

(Deceased) Lived in West Bend.

Started playing Dartball in 1952 at the age of 14 years old in the UCC Church League. He played in the Amerahn League and also was a team captain in the Kettle Moraine church league since 1968. He batted over .500 for many years, and hit over .600 for seven straight years, with a high of .654 in the Kettle Moraine League.

He served as the league President 3 different times. Bernie won 2 state championships, both with Yahr Oil (1975 & 1988).

Nominated by Curt Yahr.

Bud Bolling

(Drceased)

Lived in Milwaukee

Started playing Dartball in 1968 at the age of 38 in the Northside Lutheran League. Played for many years in that league, and also the South Milwaukee 4-man league which he continues to play in. His highest average was .640, which he did in 2007 at the age of 77 in the Northside League, which he also won many high average titles. Bud has also shot in many state tournaments, mostly in class A, with a top finish of 2nd place. In 1995 Bud joined the state Dartball committee and helped run the state tournament in West Allis. He has also served as a league secretary. He was also a team captain for many years for his church team.

Nominated by Bob Leskovar.

Dave Doden

Lives in Kewaunee.

Started playing Dartball at the age of 15 in 1967 in the Kewaunee (9-man) League, which he still plays in. He also has played for many years in the Green Bay Wednesday League. Usually batting 3 or 4 in the lineup, Dave has many seasons over .500 in both leagues, with a high of .570 in 2006 in Kewaunee and .568 in Green Bay in 2011.

He has also won many league high RBI titles in that league.He has also served as the league secretary in Kewaunee for over 40 years, and helps put together a year end league booklet.

Nominated by Dick Stuebs and Kevin Kohlbeck

Duane Schultz

Lived in Eleva.

Starting playing Dartball at the age 25 in 1969 in the Eleva League, which he still shoots in. He also shot in the Eau Claire Commercial League for 20 years. He batted between .510 and .620 every year, with his high of .620 in 1990 in the Eleva League.

He usually bats 3rd and has led the league in triples and RBI's, and average most years. His league team has won a majority of the league titles since he has been playing. In 1976 he won his only state championship with McFadden's of EauClaire. Duane was also the Eleva League secretary for 30 years.

His 4 sons (Brad, Chad, Kevin & Jason) who play Dartball and they nominated him for the Hall of Fame with the help of Bill Sterry.

Gary "Red" Muellenbach

Lives in Fond du Lac.

Started playing Dartball at the age of 12 in 1960 in Marytown. He has played in Oshkosh for a few years, and for many years in a Fond du Lac league. For over 30 years he has averaged around .545, and has won the high average award in Fond du Lac for almost every year he played in it, with his highest average of .632 in 1976.

Gary helped start and promote Dartball in Fond du Lac in 1972, and has served as league president for over 10 years. He won his only state championship with Pinky's in 1979.

Nominated by Dave Schettle.

James Rassbach

(Deceased) Lived in Prairie Farm.

Started playing Dartball at the age of 21, and played in the Praire Farm League for over 40 years. He had a lifetime average around .450, and won many awards for high triples and high RBI over the years, helping his team win 20 league championships. He was a team captain of Arland Yanks for as many years as he played, and was also the league President for many years.

In addition he ran the Northwest Tournament for 40 years. James was also known for working with many young people to encourage them to play Dartball, including mentoring the first women's team in the Praire Farm League.

Nominated by his son Gary, who is also in the Dartball Hall of Fame.

Jerry Jalowitz

(Deceased) Lived in Menomonie.

Started playing Dartball in 1968 at the age of 31 in Menomonie. He also played in the Colfax League for 10 years, and the Eau Claire League since 1973, where he hit his highest average of .575 in 1995. Jerry had served as league President for both the EauClaire and Menomonie Leagues for a combined 51 years.

Jerry served on the state Dartball committee for many years, and had always tried to promote Dartball by selling or repairing darts, boards, and stands for league play.

Jerry won his only state championship with Loomis (Eau Claire) in 1973.

Nominated by Mike Wenholz.

Jim Albright

Lives in Ripon.

Started playing Dartball in 1973 at the age of 14 in a couple of Ripon Leagues, including the Ripon 4-man league which he continues to play in as well as serve as league president.

Jim has averaged over .600 for many years in league play, with a high of .674 in 1999 in the 4-man league. Many of his teams won league championships.

Nominated by David Schettle

John Loomis

Lives in Mondovi, WI.

Started playing Dartball in 1953 at the age of 12 years old in the church league in Mondovi. Also has played in the Eleva League, and for many years has played in the Eau Claire Commercial League, which he still plays in. He has averaged from the mid .500 to low .600 pretty much every year, with a high of .620 in 2010 in the Eau Claire League. He has won many high average awards over the years, and won state championships with McFadden's in 1966 & 67, and with his own team H & L Cattle in 1995.

Nominated by Bill Sterry.

Mark Reddig

Lives in Fond du Lac.

Starting playing Dartball at age 10 in 1968, and has never batted under .433. By age 13 he was the league leader in average, and won consecutive average titles from age 13 (.533), 14 (.577) and 15 (.550). Over the years he had many years over .600, with a high of .623 in 2008, playing in Oshkosh. He has also plays in the Interdenominational League in Chilton, and has played in the Thursday Lutheran League. Mark won many average titles, as well as high hits, high triple, and high RBI titles. His teams have won multiple league championships, and he has won 5 class A state championships: in 2003 with Sportsmen's Bar and 2012,13,14 and 16 with Pete & Sons.

Nominated by his brother Dan Redig.

Phil Gaffney

Lives in South Milwaukee

Phil started playing Dartball in 1963 at the age of 21 in the Milwaukee Blue & Gold League, which he still plays in. He has also shot in Milwaukee 4-man and tavern leagues. A lifetime .525+ shooter, his best season was 1995 when he batted .630. He has won 10+ high average titles, and was a class A state champion in 1992, and a class B state champion in 2009.

Roger Schultz

Lived in Reedsville.

Started playing Dartball at the age of 14 in the Interlake Lutheran Dartball League, which he has played in for over 40 years and still plays in. He has also played in the Manitowoc County League for over 14 years. He has been on 16 league championship teams, and had his highest average of .537 in 1974-75. He has won 17 RBI titles, finishing in the top three 30 times. He also won 5 high average titles. He has been a league team captain for all the years he has played, and is the Interlake League secretary/treasurer, a position he has held since 1987. Roger has accumulated over 200 Dartball trophies in his career.

Nominated by his daughter Sue Olson.

Ron Buccanero

Lives in Racine.

Started playing Dartball at the age of 20. He has played in many different leagues in the Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha area over many years. Known as one of the best triple shooters of his time, he had several seasons with an average over 600, with his highest average of .654 in 1979 in the Kenosha Tavern 9-man league.

He was able to play on teams with many great shooters, helping to push him to shoot for a high average every year. This also resulted in Ron being on 6 state championship teams: 1977 (AMC), 1978 (Binder Plumbing), 1983, 84, 86 and 87 (Cruz Trucking). He also was a team manager for teams in the 1960's and 70's.

Nominated by Bob Leskovar.

Sam Holmes

Lived in Ripon (deceased)

Started playing Dartball in 1957 at the age of 23 when his father in law introduced him to it in the church league. Sam played in many different leagues in Ripon and Oshkosh over the span of 35+ years. He averaged .529 over an 11 year span (1975-86) and hit his highest average of .613 in 1975 in a 4-man league in Ripon. He never played on a state championship team, but it wasn't for lack of trying. He sponsored and was team captain at the state tournament for many years. In 1970 Sam joined the state committee, and ran the state tournament in Ripon 4 times in the 1970's and the last time in 1982. Sam also started Holmes Manufacturing to produce dart boards with all the wires to prevent disputes. He was the only board distributor from the mid 1970's until he sold the business in 2002. Sam also established a local Dartball scholarship for a son/daughter of an active Dartball player. That scholarship has now turned into the Sam Holmes Scholarship.

Nominated by Dave Schettle and Fran Wagner

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