THEY SAY HE PUT THE "RODE" IN RODEO. COWYBOYDOM LOST A LEGEND ON JUNE 24TH WITH THE PASSING OF A FIGURE WHO WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT IN MY MIND THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED RODEO COMPETITOR OF ALL TIME: JIM SHOULDERS.
TO MANY OF US HE DID RODEO BETTER THAN ANYONE: 16 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BETWEEN 1949 AND 1959. SHOULDER INFLUENCED THE BEST OF OUR CURRENT RIDER TOO INCLUDING 2005 PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING WORLD CHAMPION JUSTIN MCBRIDE. HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING "JIM SHOULDERS DEFINITELY HOLDS HIS OWN PAGE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS OF OUR SPORT," MCBRIDE SAID. "HE'S SOMEBODY THAT WILL ABSOLUTLEY BE MISSED AND REMEMBERED."
