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Bill Pickett, rodeo star, cowboy

Actual size 6¾"

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.

Suggested retail $36.00

Item # 1920
Released in 2003

 



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