20:
70:
All-Around Cowboy title came in 1933; two years later, he was gored by a bull at a rodeo in
Visalia, suffering a perforation of his abdomen. Carr finished second in the 1936 Chicago rodeo's combined bronc riding and calf roping standings, behind Lonnie Rooney. In 1940, he added a second steer roping championship. Carr was also a three-time champion of the
95:
of rodeo riders". Author
Clifford P. Westermeier described him as "one of the great cowboys of the age", and said of his personality that he was "a strange man, difficult to meet and extremely hard to get acquainted with." Regardless, Carr was a respected figure in the rodeo world; Westermeier wrote
81:
After various mergers, the RAA was absorbed into the Rodeo
Cowboys Association (RCA), which later became known as the modern PRCA. That association uses RAA standings from the pre-RCA era in its yearly rankings. Therefore, Carr is recognized by the PRCA as a world champion for the five season titles
69:
championship, and was the winner of two season discipline championships, in the saddle bronc and steer roping categories. The three championships in one season gave Carr a Triple Crown, the first ever achieved in rodeo. As of 2015, he is one of 10 cowboys to accomplish the feat. Carr's second
41:
champion in the Rodeo
Association of America (RAA), and won three season discipline titles: two in steer roping and one in saddle bronc riding. In 1930, he won the All-Around Cowboy title and two season discipline championships to become the first Triple Crown winner in rodeo history. Carr's
58:. Having been raised on a cattle ranch, at the age of four he learned how to ride horses, and he gained further rodeo-related skills in his youth. Once, he was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake while riding a horse, and required a week of medical treatment to recover.
96:
that he was "regarded as a very tough customer in a business deal, fight, or a poker game." Carr was considered strongest in rodeos held in the western U.S., and rarely competed on the East Coast, although he did participate in some rodeos overseas. The
348:
477:
472:
272:
101:
482:
43:
246:
387:
309:
189:
497:
109:
71:
55:
492:
205:
206:"Rodeo's Original Triple Crown: Clay Carr was the first of 10 men to win three world titles in one year"
105:
325:
467:
462:
138:
487:
62:
97:
86:
383:
377:
305:
299:
185:
66:
38:
179:
412:
75:
456:
434:
301:
Black
Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, on the Stage, Behind the Badge
92:
19:
34:
31:
231:"Gore Victim Recovering: Injured Cowboy Rests Easily".
37:
who competed in the 1930s and 1940s. He was a two-time
298:
Glasrud, Bruce A.; Searles, Michael N., eds. (2016).
104:
inducted Carr in 1955. He was also inducted into the
415:. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
435:"2016 Hall of Fame Inductee Photos & Bios"
371:
369:
30:(April 17, 1909 – April 1957) was an American
382:. University of Nebraska Press. p. 224.
304:. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 120.
247:"Rodeo Winners Awarded Prizes On Final Night"
8:
163:"Carr Will Seek Third Cowboy Championship".
102:National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
42:championships are recognized by the modern
328:. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
279:. United Press. July 22, 1935. p. 5
181:Wild Ride: The History and Lore of Rodeo
18:
158:
156:
121:
44:Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
478:Sportspeople from Visalia, California
133:
131:
129:
127:
125:
7:
473:People from Farmersville, California
379:Man, Beast, Dust: The Story of Rodeo
376:Westermeier, Clifford P. (2005) .
326:"PRCA World Rankings (Historical)"
273:"Clay Carr Again Wins Rodeo Crown"
74:, and appeared as a film actor in
14:
65:. In 1930, Carr claimed the RAA
483:ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees
184:. Gibbs Smith. pp. 83–84.
91:s Susan Davis called Carr "the
61:During his career, he lived in
253:. November 2, 1936. p. 24
1:
347:Davis, Susan (May 16, 1994).
167:. April 9, 1934. p. 11.
235:. June 3, 1935. p. 17.
178:Bernstein, Joel H. (2007).
514:
437:. California Rodeo Salinas
349:"Girls of the Golden West"
82:he won from 1930 to 1940.
402:Westermeier, pp. 224–225.
110:California Rodeo Salinas
56:Farmersville, California
141:. ProRodeo Hall of Fame
277:Berkeley Daily Gazette
112:Hall of Fame in 2016.
24:
251:Chicago Daily Tribune
106:ProRodeo Hall of Fame
22:
16:American rodeo cowboy
498:Saddle bronc riders
353:Sports Illustrated
212:. November 1, 2015
98:Rodeo Hall of Fame
87:Sports Illustrated
25:
233:Los Angeles Times
210:Spin to Win Rodeo
165:Los Angeles Times
108:in 1979, and the
67:All-Around Cowboy
54:Carr was born in
39:All-Around Cowboy
505:
447:
446:
444:
442:
431:
425:
424:
422:
420:
409:
403:
400:
394:
393:
373:
364:
363:
361:
359:
344:
338:
337:
335:
333:
322:
316:
315:
295:
289:
288:
286:
284:
269:
263:
262:
260:
258:
243:
237:
236:
228:
222:
221:
219:
217:
202:
196:
195:
175:
169:
168:
160:
151:
150:
148:
146:
135:
72:California Rodeo
23:Carr, circa 1942
513:
512:
508:
507:
506:
504:
503:
502:
453:
452:
451:
450:
440:
438:
433:
432:
428:
418:
416:
411:
410:
406:
401:
397:
390:
375:
374:
367:
357:
355:
346:
345:
341:
331:
329:
324:
323:
319:
312:
297:
296:
292:
282:
280:
271:
270:
266:
256:
254:
245:
244:
240:
230:
229:
225:
215:
213:
204:
203:
199:
192:
177:
176:
172:
162:
161:
154:
144:
142:
137:
136:
123:
118:
52:
17:
12:
11:
5:
511:
509:
501:
500:
495:
493:Roping (rodeo)
490:
485:
480:
475:
470:
465:
455:
454:
449:
448:
426:
404:
395:
388:
365:
339:
317:
310:
290:
264:
238:
223:
197:
190:
170:
152:
120:
119:
117:
114:
51:
48:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
510:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
471:
469:
466:
464:
461:
460:
458:
436:
430:
427:
419:September 14,
414:
408:
405:
399:
396:
391:
389:9780803298439
385:
381:
380:
372:
370:
366:
354:
350:
343:
340:
327:
321:
318:
313:
311:9780806156507
307:
303:
302:
294:
291:
278:
274:
268:
265:
252:
248:
242:
239:
234:
227:
224:
211:
207:
201:
198:
193:
191:9781586857455
187:
183:
182:
174:
171:
166:
159:
157:
153:
145:September 14,
140:
134:
132:
130:
128:
126:
122:
115:
113:
111:
107:
103:
99:
94:
90:
88:
83:
79:
77:
73:
68:
64:
59:
57:
49:
47:
45:
40:
36:
33:
29:
21:
439:. Retrieved
429:
417:. Retrieved
407:
398:
378:
356:. Retrieved
352:
342:
332:December 30,
330:. Retrieved
320:
300:
293:
281:. Retrieved
276:
267:
255:. Retrieved
250:
241:
232:
226:
216:December 30,
214:. Retrieved
209:
200:
180:
173:
164:
143:. Retrieved
85:
84:
80:
60:
53:
27:
26:
468:1957 deaths
463:1909 births
413:"Clay Carr"
283:February 8,
139:"Clay Carr"
488:All-Around
457:Categories
116:References
93:Babe Ruth
50:Biography
28:Clay Carr
76:Westerns
46:(PRCA).
441:May 18,
358:May 21,
257:May 21,
100:of the
63:Visalia
386:
308:
188:
35:cowboy
32:rodeo
443:2017
421:2021
384:ISBN
360:2017
334:2017
306:ISBN
285:2014
259:2017
218:2017
186:ISBN
147:2021
459::
368:^
351:.
275:.
249:.
208:.
155:^
124:^
78:.
445:.
423:.
392:.
362:.
336:.
314:.
287:.
261:.
220:.
194:.
149:.
89:'
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
