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Dee Pickett

Class of 2018

Dee Pickett, born Sept. 8, 1955, in San Diego, CA, discovered rodeo when he was seven years old and his family moved to Idaho. Although he had the chance to try out for two professional football teams after a standout college quarterback career at Boise State University, Pickett followed his love for rodeo and went on to win two world titles in 1984, the All-Around and Team Roping. Pickett credits his uncle with teaching him the finer points of roping. His success in the rodeo arena began with the PRCA Resistol Rookie of the Year title in 1978, the year he joined the association and his first year to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo. He went on to qualify for another 19 NFRs. A shattered wrist from a freak accident in 1981 cost Pickett the All-Around world title. Even though the injury hindered his performance, Pickett never considered quitting the rodeo. In 1984, it all came together with partner Mike Beers. In that same year, Picket set an NFR record of $30,677, and season earnigs of $122,000, a tie-down roping aggregate crown and two world

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Welcome to the Walk of Fame

This page is dedicated to the heroes of rodeo and the people that make it the sport of America. The listings below provide some information about the people that have made history in Molalla. Many of these athletes have lived lives far beyond the reach of this small community but are here presented to show why they have been selected and found worthy to be members of the “Rodeo Walk of Fame”.

America's rodeos are living legacies of the working cowboy and cowgirl. Since its early beginnings the Molalla Buckeroo has become a classic example. The Fourth of July holiday is known as Cowboy Christmas in rodeo circles. Molalla's Buckeroo is one of the many that cowboys and other competitors have to choose from as the nation celebrates its birthday each summer. The large number of rodeos in the Pacific Northwest, including Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Northern California, offer many rodeos within easy traveling distance. They provide the men and women who make rodeo a part of their lives the opportunity to rack up points and p

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The Boise State quarterback who left football to become a rodeo legend

It was a curiosity when All-Star pitcher Madison Bumgarner was revealed to be competing in rodeo events under an alias.

“It’s just part of who you are,” Bumgarner said, as a form of explanation.

Although he never signed an $85 million contract like the Diamondbacks pitcher, former Boise State quarterback Dee Pickett can absolutely relate. But more than 40 years ago, Pickett went a step further, ending a promising football career for rodeo. In 1978, before his senior season at Boise State, he decided to quit football and hit the road, choosing to corral steers instead of stare down linebackers.

“The biggest mistakes I’ve made were when I didn’t follow my gut,” Pickett said. “And I think it ended up working out all right in that case.”

It was a decision that very few people understood at the time, but it proved to be the right one. In 2003, Pickett was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, with $1,414,862 in career earnings to his name, a total that still ranks 85th in the sport’s history.

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