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Actual size 6¾"
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BILL
PICKETT
He
is credited with inventing the rodeo event called bulldogging, also known
as steer wrestling. Being the most famous black rodeo performer who
ever lived, he was the first black cowboy inducted into the Rodeo Hall of
Fame.
That occurred in 1971, almost 40 years after his death.
The nation's only touring black rodeo is named the Bill Pickett
Invitational Rodeo.
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