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Description: Bill Pickett (born December 5, 1870?, Williamson county, Texas, U.S.—died April 2, 1932, Tulsa, Oklahoma) was American rodeo cowboy who introduced bulldogging, a modern rodeo event that involves wrestling a running steer to the ground. Bill Pickett on his horse Spradley. Pickett is said to have invented the rodeo event known as bulldogging. Pickett was descended from American Indians and enslaved African Americans in the Southwest. Like many of the Black Cowboys of his time, he grew up in Texas, where he learned to ride and rope as a boy. He eventually became a ranch hand and often performed simple trick rides in town on weekends. In 1900 he became a showman, sponsored by Lee Moore, a Texas rodeo entrepreneur.
