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All-Around Champion Cowboy, 1930, 1933
Saddle Bronc Rider, Champion, 1930
Steer Roper, Champion, 1930, 1940
Roper and bulldogger, Clay Carr was born in 1909 at Farmersville, California. He was only 16 in 1925 when he entered his first rodeo competition at Visalia.
Clay Carr began as a bull and bareback rider, gradually adding saddle-bronc riding and other events. By 1930 he was one of the best all-around hands on the circuit. He won at Salinas three times in the 1930s, retiring the prestigious Joe Mora Trophy, and took the Sam Jackson Trophy at Pendleton in 1940. He won the all-round championship in 1930 and 1933. After a stint in the Marines during World War II, he returned to the arena, competing in steer roping and bulldogging.
Perhaps the top cowboy ever to come out of California, Clay Carr owned and operated a ranch near Visalia until his death in 1957.
