Flying High and Crash Landing: Bull Wrecks in Rodeo

Ken Stanton off 416 Wilford (CB)
1967, NFR, Oklahoma City, OK
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
Ferrell Butler, photographer
1998.008.2585

Pancho Villa tossed by Braman [sic] Bull,
J.E. Ranch Rodeo, ca. 1930
Bruce McCarroll Collection
Ralph R. Doubleday, photographer
RC2006.076.0625

Ray Watson off Thump Thump (Flying U)
Klamath Falls, 1964
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.1686

Robert Biddinger on #22 Super Charge,
Woodtown, NJ, 1965
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
Bryant Foster, photographer
1998.008.0792

Mike Waters #51 Nor-Easter, Harris,
Richmond, VA, 1969
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
A. Stone, photographer
1998.008.1679

Myrtis Dightman off #434 Tex M (Inman)
1970, NFR, Oklahoma City, OK
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
Ferrell Butler, photographer
1998.008.2718

Larry Mahan, Brooks, OR, off Spearfish, Rodeos, Inc.,
1970, NFR, Oklahoma City, OK
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
Al Long, photographer
1998.008.2749

Gary Leffew off 425 Playboy,
(Cowtown), 1971, NFR
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
Ferrell Butler, photographer
1998.008.2817

Myron Ross, Hooker, Rodeos, Inc.
South Bend, IN, 7-12-1969
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
Unknown photographer
1998.008.1486

Walt Lore off Chopper, #68,
(Harris), Springfield, VA, 1968
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
Oppy, photographer
1998.008.1201

Jack Busby off Pinky,
La Grange, CA, 1969
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
Eugene F. Hyder, photographer
1998.008.0840

Bill Rinestone off Little Joe
(Kerkow-Sutton) (9th go), NFR, Dallas, 1960
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.1916

Gene Lyda getting roughed up after Whistle
by Shoulders “Typhoon”, Joplin, MO, 1969
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
Bern Gregory, photographer
1998.008.1212

Pete Crump off Little Red, 1st go
NFR, Los Angeles, CA, 1963
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.2086

Kenny Stanton off Untouchable (1), 1st go,
NFR, Los Angeles, CA, 1963
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.2134

Leo Brown off Dry Valley (Kerby),
1st go, NFR, Los Angeles, CA, 1962
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.2013

Dick Van Gelder off Emerald Empire,
Redding, 1964
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.1649

R. W. Jager off Mad Russian,
Yuma, 1965
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.1131

Jim Charles off Groucho (Flying U),
(10th go), NFR, Dallas, TX, 1960
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.1867

Sharkey the Famous Bucking Bull, 1913
Bruce McCarroll Collection
Doubleday-Gustin, photographers
RC2006.076.0057-07

Lowell James off White Smoke (Big B),
(8th go), NFR, Los Angeles, CA, 1964
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.2357

Ronnie Rossen off Hurricane Hank (AJ),
(4th go), NFR, Los Angeles, 1964
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.2386

Myrtis Dightman off Reckless Red (Kinney),
(4th go), NFR, Los Angeles, CA, 1964
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.2328

Ronnie Bowman off Missoula (CB),
(3rd go), NFR, Oklahoma City, OK, 1965
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.4747

Dave Mason on Little Jack,
Red Bluff, CA, 1954
DeVere Helfrich Rodeo Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
81.023.09120

Kenny Stanton off Tornado (JS),
(8th go), NFR, Los Angeles, CA, 1963
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.2293

Phil Heinen off Jet Age (Sum.),
(1st go), NFR, Oklahoma City, OK, 1965
PRCA Rodeo Sports News Photographs
DeVere Helfrich, photographer
1998.008.4752-1

Exhibit created in August 2010 by Research Center Librarian Karen Spilman.
All images were selected from rodeo photograph collections in the Dickinson Research Center,
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City.