WISCONSIN DARTBALL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
WISCONSIN DARTBALL
We are always looking for
nominations for the Wisconsin
Dartball Hall of Fame. If you
know of someone that you
think belongs in the HOF,
please complete an entry form.
You can print out form:
Hall of Fame Nomination form
Here are the minimum
requirements for election into
the Wisconsin Dartball Hall of
Fame:

1) Must be at least 50 years old.

2) Must have at least 25 years
of playing Dartball.

3) The state Dartball Committee
reserves the right to approve
or not approve any candidate.

4) Applicants must have a
written nomination form to be
considered.

5) There is no requirement for a
minimum highest season
average, or lifetime average.
The complete "body of Dartball
work" will be considered.

6) If an applicant is not
admitted one year, the
application will stay on file. The
applicant can always be
approved in the future. There
can be more than one
nomination per person.

7) Anybody can nominate
somebody for the Hall of Fame.

The WSDC has the right to
accept or refuse anyone into
the HOF for any reason,
without explanation.
Norm Binder – Deceased. Started playing Dartball in 1950 at age 23.He began playing Dartball
when he heard a bunch of yelling coming from the basement of the St. Peter & Paul’s Church
across the street from his home. He looked in the window and saw a bunch of guys playing
Dartball. It sounded like they were having fun, so he checked it out and they asked him to join.
Played in the Milwaukee Blue & Gold League (1950’s), The Northside Catholic League
(1960’s-90’s), the West Allis Classic League (60’s-80’s), and the Milwaukee Senior Recreation
League (90’s-2000’s). A lifetime .500+ hitter, his best league year was in 1980-81 when batted
.641 and had 194 RBI’s in the Northside Catholic League. Also hit .628 in the 1978-79 season.
Was on 4 state champion teams: 1956 (Jonny & Gails), 1971 (The Panzer Division), 1978 (Binder
Plumbing), 1982 (Dartball News). He passed the love of Dartball onto his sons, 2 of them were on
the 1982 state champion team with him. Also won numerous batting average and RBI titles, as
well as several state shoot-off awards. Was the sponsor of the Binder Plumbing team for many
years, and also started the St. Catherine’s team in the Northside Catholic League.
Norm was well known as a clutch hitter. In the last year of his life, he was battling cancer, but still hit
a two out triple at the state tournament to put his team into the consolation finals.
Nominated by his son Thomas Binder.
Dave Kiesow – Lives in Oshkosh. Started playing dartball at age 13 in gym class at Sacred Heart School. Started playing leagues in
1959 (at age 16) in the St Vincent's League in Oshkosh, the Sacred Heart Friday League from 1961 to the present, the Sunday Couples
League at Sacred Heart from the late 70's to the early 90's, the Monday Lutheran league in Oshkosh from 1990-1998, and the Thursday
4-man League at Sacred Heart from 1991 to 2006. His highest average is .611 in the Sacred Heart Friday league. He has been on 3
state championship teams: twice with the Vultures(1964 & 69), and the Castaways (1990). Also was on 8 Eagle's tournament
championships teams in 1978, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001, and 2006. He has won 5 league average titles. He has won over
30 league championships, including 20 in the Sacred Heart Friday League. He has been the President of the Friday night league from
1967-1970 and ran the city tournament those same years. He has made boards for the Sacred Heart Leagues in the 90's and early
2000's. He has also set-up and taken down the boards for the Friday league from 1966-2006, along with all of the clean up. Also, the
League Tournament trophy for the Friday night league has been named after him for all of years of dedicated service to Oshkosh
Dartball. Nominated by his son, Kevin Kiesow.

Willie Krueger- Lives in Brillion. Started playing Dartball in 1965 at the age of 23. Played in the Manitowoc County Lutheran League
(20 years) and the Manitowoc County League (28 years). Retired from Dartball league play in 2005 because of back problems. Highest
season league average was in 1975 when he batted .697 in the Manitowoc County League. Was on 3 state championship teams:
Pinky’s Bar in 1979, and Sauve’s Auto Service in 1991, and Reedsville Sportsmen (Class B) in 2006. Still shoots in the State
Tournament every year. Has over 167 Dartball trophies, including 33 league high average trophies. Has helped with many league
Dartball tournaments or other things at the Sportsmen Club. Nominated by Mike Goetsch.
Bill Moldenhauer – Lives in Hartford. Started playing Dartball in 1972 at the age of 13. Has played in the Kettle Moraine Lutheran
League (1972-2008), and the Hillcrest League (1990’s). His highest season average was 1985-86 when he batted .723 (201-278).
His lifetime average in the Kettle Moraine League is .566 over 36 years, including five times over .600. Also held the position of
President, VP, and Director for 5 seasons in that league. Has played in numerous State Dartball Tournaments in the Class A division.
Nominated by Jeff Moldenhauer.
Bob Leskovar – Lives in Milwaukee. Started playing Dartball in 1957 at 15 years old in the Milwaukee CYO
League. Has shot in the Catholic Blue & Gold League (1958-81), the West Allis Classic 9 Man League (58-81),
the South Side Tavern League (82-88), the Muskego Tavern League (85-88), and the S. Milwaukee 4-Man
League (1980-present).
Has hit over .600 in league play since 1973! His highest league average was the 1982-83 season, when he hit
.717 in the West Allis-West Milwaukee 4 Man League.
Has been on 11 Wisconsin State Championship teams, the most of anybody. The first championship was in
1977 with the AMC Pacers team, then won 4 titles with Cruz Trucking, and has won 5 titles with Hickory Inn, the
latest in 2009. He has 75 Individual Shoot-off trophies as of 2009, from any tournament that offered a shoot-off.
Also won many league team championships and high average awards.  In addition to his many awards, he has
run two Dartball tournaments every year, a 4-man and a 2-man. He has also served as league
secretary/treasurer in the S. Milwaukee League since 1980, and been a member of the state committee since
1988. Nominated by teammate Mike Studer. Bob is pictured on left.
Al "Bubbles" Komoroski – Lives in Two Rivers. Started playing dartball in 1965 when he was 13 years old . Has played in the Two
Rivers City League, the Lakeshore Dartball League, and the Manitowoc Holy Name League. His highest league average was .618 in
1982 in the Two Rivers City League. His overall lifetime batting average is .556 as of 2007, before medical issues took some of his
abilities. Has won 62 league high RBI trophies, and 23 league high average trophies between the three leagues, as well as many
league team championships. Has shot in over 37 state tournaments, and was the captain of 7 class A State Champion teams, all with
Sauve's Auto Service of Two Rivers, including a record 4 straight from 1999 to 2002. Was also on the first two State 4-Man champion
teams. Also was captain of 39 other tournament champion teams, and won 19 individual shoot-offs. As of 2009, he had served the Two
Rivers League as President or Vice President for 35 years. He has been a member of the State Tournament committee since 1991,
and helped bring the state tournament to Manitowoc 3 times. Nominated by long time team-mates Jay & Tim Stegmann.
 "Bubs" is pictured above on the left.
Rich Ovren – Deceased. Won seven state championships with McFadden's Trucking team of Eau Claire in 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972,
1974, 1976 and 1980. Shot in the Eau Claire Commercial League. Was one of the premier triple shooters for one of the best teams
from the EauClaire area. Nominated by Jim Hinckle. Click here for more info about: Rich Ovren

Delbert "Del" Petermann - Lives in West Bend. Started playing Dartball at the age of 19 years old in the Kettle Moraine Lutheran
League in 1941. He has been a team captain in that league from 1941to 2009 . Only missed a few years of Dartball, all because of WW
II. His highest season average was .498 in 1987-88, and had 17 seasons over .450. During his 68 year Dartball career, he has held
officer positions in the KMLDL of: secretary (13 years), Treasurer (18 years), Vice President (3 years), and President (3 years), and is
a member of the KMLDL Hall of Fame. He played on the 1988 Class A state champions Yahr Oil. Nominated by Robert Lompa Jr.

Gary Rassbach – Lives in Prairie Farm (near Eau Claire). Started playing Dartball in 1959 at the age of 13.  Has played in the Prairie
Farm League (1959 to present), and the Barron County League (20+ years). His lifetime average is .550. He had a streak of three .600
plus average seasons in a row, and hit his highest season average of .630 in 2004. Has won many league high average awards. Was
President of the Prairie Farm League for 25 years. Has made his living as a dairy farmer, so has only been able to play in a few state
tournaments: 1975, ‘80, and ’85 which were all held in EauClaire. Nominated by his sister, Barb Brower.
Dave Schettle Sr. – Lives in Oshkosh. Started playing Dartball in 1953 at the age of 16 years
old. Has played in the Sacred Heart League (1953-present), the St. Vincent’s League (27
years),  the Ripon City League (11 years), and the Sacred Heart Single-Triple League (14
years).  He has shot over .600 forty four times, including 13 times over .640. His best season
average was .707 in 1979 in the Ripon League. In 2006, at the age of 68, he batted .640 in the
Sacred Heart Single-Triple League, with over 1,318 at bats. He has won over 50 high average
league titles. Dave has been on 4 state champion teams, in 1964 & 69 (Vultures), 1979 (Pinky’
s), and 1990 (Castaways). He has also been on many league and tournament champions.
Other things he has done include assisting with the state tournament in Ripon and Oshkosh,
making wood boards for league play, and sponsoring tournament teams.
Nominated by Mike Goetsch. Dave is pictured on the right.
Jerry Mathwig – Lives in West Allis. Jerry started playing Dartball in 1943 at the age of 14 in the West Allis
Classic League, which he still plays in (66+ years).  He has also played in the WELS Lutheran Church
League (8 years), the Senior League (16 years), the Milwaukee Industrial League (6 years) and the
Milwaukee Muni League (4 years). Between 1943 and 2005 he averaged between .420 and .575, many of
those years were over .500, including his personal best .575 season in 1946. He was on many league
champion teams, the last in 2006-07 season in the West Allis 4-man League. Jerry has played in too many
tournaments to count, and in over 60 state tournaments. He has been the manager for 3 state champions:
Play Shop (1952),  Kuchta's Beer Depot (1961), and Van’s Shop Rite (1965).  In addition to serving on the
State Committee since 1970, he helped draft the original Wisconsin Dartball rule book. Jerry has always
encouraged “younger blood” to join in and carry on the Dartball game. In 1973, he helped his son Steve form
a team consisting of all the kids that came down to watch their fathers play Dartball on Thursday nights; many
of those “kids” are still playing today. Jerry has many Dartball files dating back to the 1950’s. He also sold
darts and boards for many years for little profit, just to help promote the game. Jerry was one of the original 3
members enshrined into the Dartball Hall of Fame when he received a plaque in 1989 from the State
Committee recognizing his dedicated commitment in the promotion of Dartball. He was also nominated by
his son, Steve Mathwig. Jerry is pictured on right.
Fran Wagner – Lives in Oshkosh. Started playing Dartball at age 13 in the St Vincent's League in Oshkosh. Played in the Ripon
league from the mid 70's to mid 80's and the St Vincent's league in Oshkosh from 1963 to 1990 then 2002 to the present. Also the
Sacred Heart Friday League from 1964 to the present (minus 6 years in the 1990's). He has batted over .600 between 32 and 35 times
in his career, including a career high .688 in the 1979-1980 season in Ripon. He has been on 3 state championship teams: Vultures
(1969), Pinky’s (1979) and the Castaways (1990). He also played with 8 Eagle's Tournament Championship teams in 1978, 1981,
1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2001, and 2006. He has won at least 12 league average titles. He is the 1982 and 1990 state shoot-off
champion. Fran has also been the league president of the St.Vincents league for 6 years in the 1970's. Fran was the chairman of the
2006 State Tournament at Lourdes High School in Oshkosh. Nominated by Kevin Kiesow.
Jim Hinckle – Now lives in St. Francis. Jim began playing Dartball in 1959 at the age of 15 for the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO)
from his grade school in Milwaukee, because his future wife was already on the team. He has played in the Catholic Holy Name
League, the .400 Classic League, the West Allis Classic League, the Catholic Blue & Gold League, and the Hickory Inn 4-Man League.
Jim was dubbed "The West Allis Kid" by Gordy Wendorf, manager of the five-time State Champion Allen-Bradley Company team from
Milwaukee. Starting in 1966, Jim began a 16 year streak of a .507 or higher league batting average, including 6 seasons over .580,
two of them over .600. His best league season was 1968 when he hit .627 and was the league batting champion. In 1965, Jim played
for the Van's Shop-Rite team of West Allis that won the State Championship in Eau Claire, edging local powerhouse McFadden's
Trucking in the final. He has also managed State Championship teams in 1968 (Panzer's Service), in 1971 (The Panzer Division),
1978 (Binder Plumbing) and 1982 (The Dartball News). He was on the State Tournament Committee in West Allis in 1970 and served
as statistician for the West Allis Classic League for a number of years.
Almost from his first days as a player, Jim enjoyed recording the results of games, and so the Dartball News was born in 1959. Jim
created a mailing list of Dartball players, and through his mailings and work, he helped Wisconsin become the only Dartball state with
uniform rules and one State Committee, representing all areas of Wisconsin! His Dartball News went online in 2001 and currently
reaches over 150 players in at least eight States!
Jim has played in numerous tournaments around the State, backing a number of teams with the non-profit Dartball News. He started the
Clutch 2-Person Tournament in South Milwaukee and later New Berlin, which is still conducted at the Hickory Inn in South Milwaukee.  
Jim was one of the original 3 members enshrined into the Dartball Hall of Fame when he received a plaque in 1990 from the State
Committee for promoting Dartball.
Jim is pictured below right in a 2010 photo.
Erv Fiedler – Lives in Iron River. Started playing Dartball in 1956 at age 23. Has played in the Kettle
Moraine Lutheran League from 1956-61 and 1981-87, the Hillcrest 4 man league from 1981-1998, the
Watertown 4-man league 1988-present, and the Hickory Inn 4-man league 2001-present. From 1981 thru
2007, his batting average was between .560 and .663. His highest average was in 1989 league play,
when he hit .663 and was the league batting champ. Erv was on the 1988 Class B state champs Hillcrest,
and also on the 2008 Class A state champs Yahr Oil. He has also been on the state 4-man champs in
2006. In 1997 he was the State tournament high shoot-off qualifier with 16 out of 20 darts. Erv also ran the
Hillcrest 4, 7, and 9 man tournaments from 1985-1998, and has been on the state tournament committee
since 1996. Erv builds hand crafted basswood dartboards, that he sells to other Dartball players.
Nominated by Dale Lenuis. Erv is pictured on right.
Hall of Fame members are nominated to the state commitee, then can be voted in
at the annual fall meeting. Those elected into the Dartball Hall of Fame will be
recognised with a plaque at the next state Dartball tournament in the spring of the
following year.
Rick Fare - Lives in Racine. Started playing Dartball around 1960.
During the 1963-64 season of the .400 Classic League, he hit .653
and had 220 RBI’s at the age of 19 years old, earning him the
nickname “The Bay View Bomber”. Has also shot in the West Allis
Classic League, the Catholic Blue & Gold League, the Hickory Inn 4-
man League, and the Summer Tavern League. Has at least 22
seasons with a batting average over .600, including a .688 during the
1969-70 season. In the 2008-09 Hickory Inn 4-man League, he won
the league batting title with a .630 average, to add to his list of many
high average league titles. He has also been part of many league
championship teams, many dominated by Fare family members. He
has been on 5 State Champion teams: Panzer’s Service (1968),
Binder Plumbing (1978), Dartball News (1982), First Class (1992),
and Oak Manor (B-2009). Nominated by longtime teammate Jim
Hinckle. Rick is pictured on left.
Jack Willison Sr – Deceased. Started playing Dartball around 1945 and played until 1998. He played in the Catholic Blue & Gold
League, and was a .550 average player, batting lead off for many years. He was also the league secretary for almost 40 years. Jack
was remembered for his promotion of Dartball. He could never park his car in his one stall garage,  because it was always filled with
dartboards and darts that he sold to teams. Jack was one of the original 3 members enshrined into the Dartball Hall of Fame when he
received a plaque in 1989 from the State Committee recognizing his dedicated commitment in the promotion of Dartball.
Information provided by Mark Stieber.
Arlyn Solberg – Lives in Elk Mound. Started playing Dartball in 1955 at the age of 13 years old. Later played in the Commercial
League in EauClaire for 30+ years. He won numerous individual batting awards during a 25 year span of .600 plus seasons, including
a personal high of .690. Still an active player, Arlyn is a first cousin of Rich Ovren, one of McFadden’s Trucking team top players.
Because his Co-op Shoppers team had their best years the same time McFadden’s had their run, Arlyn was never on a state
champion team, but finished 2nd at state twice. Nominated by Jim Hinckle.
Edward Nutter – Lives in Sussex.  Started playing Dartball in 1948 at the age of 18. Has played in
the Lutheran Federation League (42 years), the Milwaukee Public Schools Senior League (24
years),  the Kettle Moraine League (11 years) and the Catholic Blue & Gold League (5 years). For
the first 40 years (from 1948 to 1988) he shot a league average between .580 to .620. Has batted
over .460 since then, and continues to play. He was his team captain for at least 50 years, and was
a league President 3 times.
Was on the league champion team at least 30 times. Played on the 1948 Northside Lutherans State
Champion team. Also was on teams that finished 2nd twice at State, as well as several other top
four finishes. In 2009, shot in the state tournament for the 61st time, and was on the team that won
4th place consolation in Class A. Nominated by the Enderis team members. Ed is pictured on left in
a 2009 photo.