Bull Rider and Saddle Bronc Rider
Professional rodeo cowboy. He specialized in the three roughstock events: bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. He was also a co-founder and Vice President of the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR). He created the protective vest that most professional bull riders now wear, after seeing the death of his friend, Lane Frost at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyomingon July 30, 1989.