Casey Tibbs

Casey Tibbs was an American rodeo cowboy and actor. He was born in 1929 in Orton, a rural area northwest of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, and competed in the Rodeo Cowboys Association. He took the World All-Around Cowboy Champion title on two occasions, first in 1951 and again in 1955. He won the world saddle bronc riding championship in 1949, from 1951 to 1954, and in 1959, and in 1951 he was also world bareback bronc riding champion. His success brought him the cover of Life magazine on October 22, 1951. In 1979 he entered the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, rodeo's highest honor, and his other honors included the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1955, the South Dakota Sports Hall of Fame in 1976, and the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame in 2002. He died in 1990.