Inductees People

People and Dogs Inducted into the Hall of Fame

In the summer of 2005, the officers and trustees of the National German Shorthaired Pointer Association held their summer meeting in Memphis, TN. At that time, the Officers and Directors toured the Bird Dog Museum and Field Trial Hall of Fame. In 2006, discussion took place about establishment of a GSP Hall of Fame, and being a part of the established Field Trial Hall of Fame, leading to by-laws for that action in 2007. The Bylaws were approved by the Bird Dog Foundation Boards and the first inductions were made in 2008.

YEAR INDUCTED	INDUCTEE	BIOGRAPHY
2024	Fred Ryan	Read Biography
2023	James "Jim" Yates	Read Biography
2022	Dean Crabbs	Read Biography
2022	Keith and Robbi Gulledge	Read Biography
2021	Don Fidler	Read Biography
2020	Robert Holcomb	Read Biography
2019	Keith and Bobbi Richardson	Read Biography
2019	John Stegar	Read Biography
2018	Don Kidd	Read Biography
2018	Tom Davis	Read Biography
2017	Dennis Brath	Read Biography
2017	Phillip Casdorph	Read Biography
2016	Peter Kainz	Read Biography
2015	Donald A. Miner	Read Biography
2014	Joe Vicari	Read Biography
2014	Frank Alexander	Read Biography
2013	Robert H. Deitering	Read Biography
2013	Ray C. Bauspies	Read Biography
2012	Edward Caudle	Read Biography
2012	Michael Aldrich	Read Biography
2011	Hjalmar Olsen	Read Biography
2010	Lynnea Hadlock	Read Biography
2010	Richard "Dick" Jones	Read Biography
2009	Bill Mengert	Read Biography
2009	Jean Armburst	Read Biography
2008	John Rabidou	Read Biography
2008	Parl Larson	Read Biography
2007	David McGinnis	Read Biography
2007	John Merrell	Read Biography

Hjalmer N Olsen

Hjalmer N Olsen

Born in Odense, Denmark, Hjalmar was interested in bird dogs from the age of eight when his father presented him with a German Shorthaired Pointer…
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Linnea Hadlock

Linnea Hadlock

Linnea Hadlock of Huntley, Illinois, has spent the last 35 years owning, training and handling German Shorthaired Pointers in Field Trials. And I’m still active…
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RICHARD S. JOHNS

RICHARD S. JOHNS

Richard S. “Dick” Johns was raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Dr. Robert G. Johns, a bird hunter. While he grew up hunting and fishing…
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Bill Mengert

Bill Mengert

Bill Mengert began his bird dog career as an avid bird hunter hunting quail in southern New Jersey and pheasant in the central part of the state in the 1960s…
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Jean Armbrust

Jean Armbrust

Jean Armbrust was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, and attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln where she earned a Bachelor of Science…
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John Rabidou

John Rabidou

John Rabidou was raised on a dairy farm in New York State, received his sociology degree from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania…
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Parl Larson

Parl Larson

It started in the early 1960s when Parl’s oldest daughter finally rebelled at retrieving birds on the family dove shoot. The solution was to get a bird dog…
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David McGinnis

David McGinnis

Dave McGinnis was born and raised in Canton, Illinois. After high school, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and became an excellent marksman…
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John Merrell

John Merrell

John Merrell was born March 17, 1928, and was raised in Licking, Missouri.

He hunted and fished as a young man. Throughout his life, he remained…
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Don Kidd

Don Kidd

Don Kidd grew up in a small town in southwest Arkansas. His grandfather, a country lawyer, bred pointers, and his father, a cattle rancher, hunted a setter. After law school…
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Tom Davis

Tom Davis

Tom got his first Shorthair in 1961 as a hunting companion and sent it to George Roberts for a summer of training while he was working at Yellowstone Park. Mr. Roberts was a…
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Phil Casdorph

Phil Casdorph

The Casdorph’s bought their first GSP at a swap meet for $40 in 1975. Little did they know that he was going to change our lives? As that pup grew up…
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