ROBERT STACK
Robert Stack’s fame as a movie and television actor stretches the length of all continents, but he has also achieved fame by being the only shooter to be named in Jimmy Robinson’s first three Sports Afield All‑America teams for 1935, 1936 and 1937. During his career at the traps, he broke a world long run record and was a member of the Los Angeles Santa Monica Gun Club that broke a five‑man team world record.
The late Harry Fleischmann gave Bob his first skeet lesson at the Santa Monica club in 1934. After recording his first 25 straight the first year, he went on to win the Western Open Class B Championship with a 94×100 and the California State Class B with a 95. At 16 years of age, Stack went to Cleveland where he placed second in the junior race and broke 97 in the World 20 gauge Open. The next year in St. Louis, he won the World 20 gauge Championship with 99 and was high gun on the victorious L.A. Santa Monica quintet that won the five‑man team championship. Earlier that year, Stack won the Western Open 12 gauge, the .410 bore, and the all‑around as well as the Southern California Open 20 gauge.
He was a member of the Santa Monica team that won the National Telegraphic shoot when they broke 487×500 in the regular event and set a world record of 493×500 in the shoot off. He won every 12 gauge event he entered with the exception of the national 12 gauge, missing it by one target. Stack set a world long run record with 364 straight with low gun and variable targets. In 1937 he again broke 247×250 at Detroit. Before the Detroit shoot, Bob won the Southern Cal .410 and 12 gauge, and the following year the SC 12 gauge with 100 straight.