Willard Combs of Checotah, former steer wrestling world champion, died Monday. He was 82.
Combs died at his ranch near Checotah. His funeral will be 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Checotah.
Combs won his world championship in 1957 and was one of the founders of the National Finals Rodeo.
In 2002, Combs was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
Combs also owned one of the most famous bulldogging horses in rodeo history. From 1952 until her death in 1960, Combs' quarter horse, Baby Doll, carried more cowboys to steer wrestling championships than any other horse.
The sorrel mare made the cover of Life Magazine during her career and earned her riders more than $400,000.
Baby Doll is buried on the Combs' ranch, but her granite tombstone was donated by Combs to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. It can be viewed in the gardens behind the museum.
Combs died at his ranch near Checotah. His funeral will be 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Checotah.
Combs won his world championship in 1957 and was one of the founders of the National Finals Rodeo.
In 2002, Combs was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
Combs also owned one of the most famous bulldogging horses in rodeo history. From 1952 until her death in 1960, Combs' quarter horse, Baby Doll, carried more cowboys to steer wrestling championships than any other horse.
The sorrel mare made the cover of Life Magazine during her career and earned her riders more than $400,000.
Baby Doll is buried on the Combs' ranch, but her granite tombstone was donated by Combs to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. It can be viewed in the gardens behind the museum.
Willard Combs of Checotah, former steer wrestling world champion, died Monday. He was 82.
Combs died at his ranch near Checotah. His funeral will be 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Checotah.
Combs won his world championship in 1957 and was one of the founders of the National Finals Rodeo.
In 2002, Combs was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
Combs also owned one of the most famous bulldogging horses in rodeo history. From 1952 until her death in 1960, Combs' quarter horse, Baby Doll, carried more cowboys to steer wrestling championships than any other horse.
The sorrel mare made the cover of Life Magazine during her career and earned her riders more than $400,000.
Baby Doll is buried on the Combs' ranch, but her granite tombstone was donated by Combs to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. It can be viewed in the gardens behind the museum.
Combs died at his ranch near Checotah. His funeral will be 10 a.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church in Checotah.
Combs won his world championship in 1957 and was one of the founders of the National Finals Rodeo.
In 2002, Combs was inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
Combs also owned one of the most famous bulldogging horses in rodeo history. From 1952 until her death in 1960, Combs' quarter horse, Baby Doll, carried more cowboys to steer wrestling championships than any other horse.
The sorrel mare made the cover of Life Magazine during her career and earned her riders more than $400,000.
Baby Doll is buried on the Combs' ranch, but her granite tombstone was donated by Combs to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. It can be viewed in the gardens behind the museum.
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