Warren Granger "Freckles" Brown was a rodeo

Rodeo

Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...

 performer born in Wheatland, Wyoming

Wheatland, Wyoming

Wheatland is a town in and the county seat of Platte County in southeastern Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wheatland is located at ....

 on January 18, 1921. He died March 20, 1987, at his ranch in Soper, Oklahoma.

His career spanned from 1937 to 1974, competing in bull riding

Bull riding

Bull riding refers to rodeo sports that involve a rider getting on a large bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal attempts to buck off the rider....

, saddle bronc riding, bareback riding

Bareback riding

Bareback riding is a form of horseback riding without a saddle. It requires skill, balance, and coordination, as the rider does not have any equipment to compensate for errors of balance or skill....

, team roping

Team roping

Team roping also known as heading and heeling is a rodeo event that features a steer and two mounted riders. The first roper is referred to as the "header," the person who ropes the front of the steer, usually around the horns, but it is also legal for the rope to go around the neck, or go around...

, and bulldogging. He was the PRCA

PRCA

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 World Champion Bull Rider in 1962. Brown was inducted into the PRCA Hall of Fame for Bull Riding in 1979.

Brown is remembered for riding an "unrideable" bull named Tornado in 1967. The bull, owned by Jim Shoulders

Jim Shoulders

James A. Shoulders, known as Jim Shoulders , is known as the "Babe Ruth of Rodeo".-Rodeo career:Shoulders entered—and won—his first rodeo when he was just fourteen...

, had thrown over 200 riders over a 14-year period before Brown's successful ride. Brown, this ride, and Tornado are all memorialized in Red Steagall

Red Steagall

Russell Steagall is a multitalented showbusiness personality whose career has covered a period of 35 years and has spanned the globe...

's song, "Freckles Brown".

Brown later retired to his ranch near Soper, Oklahoma

Soper, Oklahoma

Soper is a town in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 600 at the 2000 census. The town was named for P.L. Soper, who was a U.S. attorney in northern district of Indian territory, when the Frisco railroad came through the area in the early 20th century, and the community...

. He was a friend and mentor to bull riding champion Lane Frost

Lane Frost

Lane Clyde Frost was a professional bull rider and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association member, who died in the arena at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo as a result of injuries sustained riding the bull "Takin' Care of Business".-Early life:Lane was born on October 12, 1963. At that time,...

, who is buried next to him in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Hugo, Oklahoma

Hugo, Oklahoma

Hugo is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, bordering Texas. Hugo is the county seat for Choctaw County and has a population of 5,395 as of 2009 estimates. The city serves as winter quarters for some circus performers...

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External links

• Freckles Brown at lanefrost.com