Shoulders in Arizona, 1952
Tulsa World
Rodeo hero Jim Shoulders dead at 79
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=070620_1__HENRY04740&breadcrumb=local
By Staff reports
6/20/2007
HENRYETTA — Jim Shoulders — 16 times a world champion in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and one of the greatest athletes in state history — has died. He was 79.
Services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Jim Shoulders Rodeo Arena in Henryetta under the direction of Shurden Funeral Home.
Shoulders was born in Tulsa and graduated from East Central High School, before he moved to Henryetta in 1951.
He won a record 16 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world championships: all-around in 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959; bareback riding in 1950, 1956, 1957, 1958; bull riding in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959.
Shoulders was a member of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, the Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame, and the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Shoulders in Arizona, 1952
Shoulders was a hero of mine for many years. This makes me sad, and it makes me feel OLD.
RIP Mr. Shoulders, you were a special guy.
My gosh! That is my wife’s cousin. She doesn’t know it yet!
RIP.