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National Rodeo Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1977
Bob Askin
EVENTS
Saddle Bronc Rider
One of the best bronc riders of his time, Bob Askin was born in 1900 at Rochester, New York. In his youth his family relocated to South Dakota, where he saw Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Another relocation brought him to a Montana homestead. He entered his first rodeo at Miles City, Montana, in 1915.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Bob Askin captured championship bronc-riding titles at Pendleton and all of the other major venues. Fellow rodeo hands admired his courage for trying “”unridable”” broncs, noting that “”the horse doesn’t live that Askin is scared of.”” He successfully rode some of the most infamous bucking stock in rodeo, such as Midnight, Five Minutes to Midnight, No Name, and Hell’s Angel.
A stylish rider, Bob Askin was known for his poise and balance and for his spurring style that raked the bronc from its neck to the cantleboard. Bob Askin died in 1973.
EVENTS
Saddle Bronc Rider
One of the best bronc riders of his time, Bob Askin was born in 1900 at Rochester, New York. In his youth his family relocated to South Dakota, where he saw Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Another relocation brought him to a Montana homestead. He entered his first rodeo at Miles City, Montana, in 1915.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Bob Askin captured championship bronc-riding titles at Pendleton and all of the other major venues. Fellow rodeo hands admired his courage for trying “”unridable”” broncs, noting that “”the horse doesn’t live that Askin is scared of.”” He successfully rode some of the most infamous bucking stock in rodeo, such as Midnight, Five Minutes to Midnight, No Name, and Hell’s Angel.
A stylish rider, Bob Askin was known for his poise and balance and for his spurring style that raked the bronc from its neck to the cantleboard. Bob Askin died in 1973.
