EVENTS
Rodeo Producer
Stock Contractor
Team Roper
Born in Lamb County, Texas, in 1932, Robert Floyd “Bob” Cook attended Texas Tech University and joined the Rodeo Cowboys Association in 1949. Though considered an all-around hand and a competitor in four events, he made his reputation in rodeo as a manager and stock contractor. He made the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in 1966 as a team roper.
Cook proved to be a multi-faceted asset to rodeo sport, holding contestant, announcer, secretary, producer, and stock contractor cards over a period of 35 years. In 1955 he joined Christensen Brothers Rodeo Company as secretary-manager responsible for most of the major rodeos in the Northwest. Ten years later he established Arena Productions Rodeo Company, and in 1971 went into partnership as general manager of Rodeo Stock Contractors, Inc. At the time Cook owned the great bucking bull, Oscar, star of the Academy Award winning film, The Great American Cowboy.
Cook served on the PRCA Board of Directors as Stock Contractor Representative for several years, and was instrumental in setting up the Central Entry Office, today known as PROCOM, which coordinates nationwide entries for all rodeos from a single office. In 1977 he founded the American Rodeo Show, which over the following decade presented some 5,000 performances on four continents.
Bob Cook passed from the arena in 2001.
