Marvin Garrett

Bareback Riding • Inducted 1998

Marvin Garrett told his fourth grade teacher he wanted to be a cowboy when he grew up. To prove it, he began riding steers when he was 12. However, his mother altered the course of history when she said he couldn’t be a bull rider (at age 15) until he could sign his own association permit, but he could ride bareback. “The first one I got on, I knew I was going to do that, and I forgot all about bull riding,” said Garrett, who went on to win four world titles. Rodeo could have lost its champion completely to wrestling. Garrett was all-state and All-American in 1982 and received wrestling scholarship offers from Iowa and North Dakota. North Dakota and Wyoming also offered rodeo scholarships. Garrett, born July 28, 1963, in Belle Fourche, S.D., was named Rookie of the Year in 1984. His 1988 NFR appearance earned him his nickname, “Marvelous Marvin.” Four times he has been the association’s regular season money leader in bareback riding. This million-dollar cowboy has won championships at Houston, San Antonio, the Cow Palace, Pendleton (Ore.) and most everywhere in between. “When I am done, I want to be able to look back and say I’ve done all I can do to make the sport better. I hope I can do that.” Garrett recorded his first 90-point ride over the Fourth of July 2004 on Powder River’s Khadafy Skoal.

World Championships: 4

Bareback Riding: 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995

National Finals Rodeo Average Champion

Bareback Riding: 1989, 1995

Rookie of the Year

Bareback Riding: 1984

RAM Circuit Year-End Champion

Badlands:

Bareback Riding: 2001

Mountain States Circuit:

Bareback Riding: 1987, 1988, 1990

Born: July 28, 1963 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota

Joined PRCA: 1984

Black Hills Roundup / Belle Fourche, SD
Bareback Riding: 1989, 1994, 1997, 2004, 2005 (tie), 2007

Buffalo Bill Rodeo / North Platte, NE
Bareback Riding: 2003

Cheyenne Frontier Days / Cheyenne, WY
Bareback Riding: 1987, 1994 (tie)

Cody Stampede / Cody, WY
Bareback Riding: 1992

Deadwood Days of ’76 Rodeo / Deadwood, SD
Bareback Riding: 1983, 1990 (tie)

Dodge City Roundup / Dodge City, KS
Bareback Riding: 1996, 1997

Ellensburg Rodeo / Ellensburg, WA
Bareback Riding: 1987, 1995 (tie)

Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo / Fort Worth, TX
Bareback Riding: 1989, 1997

Grand National Stock Show & Rodeo / San Francisco, CA
Bareback Riding: 1988, 1993

Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo / Guymon, OK
Bareback Riding: 1992

La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Rodeo / Tucson, AZ
Bareback Riding: 1993

National Western Stock Show & Rodeo / Denver, CO
Bareback Riding: 1988

Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo / Ogden, UT
Bareback Riding: 1992 (tie)

Pendleton Round-Up / Pendleton, OR
Bareback Riding: 1988 (tie), 1995

Red Bluff Round-Up / Red Bluff, CA
Bareback Riding: 1990

Reno Rodeo / Reno, NV
Bareback Riding: 1995

Rowell Ranch Rodeo / Hayward, CA
Bareback Riding: 1992

San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo / San Antonio, TX
Bareback Riding: 1996

Snake River Stampede / Nampa, ID
Bareback Riding: 1989

West of the Pecos / Pecos, TX
Bareback Riding: 1992, 1994, 1996

World’s Oldest Rodeo Prescott Frontier Days / Prescott, AZ
Bareback Riding: 1988