Quail Dobbs

and performer.

Dobbs was born in Albany, Texas and graduated from Colorado High School in Colorado City, Texas.

After graduation he worked the rodeo circuit as a tack man and livestock handler, and had begun competing in the bronc riding and bull riding events. In 1962, at a rodeo in Buffalo, Minnesota, he was offered a stint as the barrel man for the rodeo's clown team when the main barrel man failed to show up.

For more than three decades Dobbs entertained rodeo crowds in the United States, Canada, and even Australia. In addition to saving cowboys in the ring, Dobbs entertained rodeo crowds between events with his famous clowning acts, often involving trained animals and a (quite explosive) Ford Model T.

Dobbs retired from professional rodeo in 1998 and the following year began serving as a Justice of the Peace for Howard County. He resides in Coahoma and still performs annually at the "World's Original Kindergarten Rodeo" held by the town's elementary school. In 2004 he was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Honors

* 1978, 1988 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Clown of the Year
* 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993 Coors "Man in the Can"
* 2002 Lone Star Legend
* 2002 Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame
* 2003 Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
* 2004 Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame

Quote

* "I had somebody ask me one time if I ever rode a bull, and I said no -- but I got on a bunch of them."