Freckles Brown

Warren G"Freckles"Brown
Born	January 18, 1921 Wheatland, Wyoming
Died	March 20, 1987 Soper, Oklahoma
Nationality	American
Known for	A legend of Bull Riding
Awards	World Champion Bull Rider 1962
Scientific career
Fields	Bull Rider

Warren Granger "Freckles" Brown (18 January 1921 - 20 March 1987) was a hall of fame American rodeo performer from Wheatland, Wyoming. His career spanned from 1937 to 1974, competing in bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, team roping, and steer wrestling. He was the PRCA World Champion Bull Rider in 1962. Brown was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for Bull Riding in 1979. Brown was also inducted into the inaugural class of the Bull Riding Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2015. Brown was most famous for conquering the unridden bull Tornado, owned by rodeo legend Jim Shoulders who had an undefeated record of 220 riders. He was also a close friend and mentor of bull riding icon Lane Frost.

In 1937 Brown started in the rodeo at Willcox, Arizona at age 16. In 1941 he rode his horse to Cody, Wyoming—a long distance—where he had won his first bull trophy, then rode back again.

Brown enlisted to join the U.S. army, and undertook basic training in Fort Sill. He attended horseshoeing school while stationed at Fort Riley. He was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which acted behind enemy lines; Brown was helping paratroopers. The war ended in the Summer of 1945, and Brown returned to China to finish a Red Cross-sponsored event in which U.S. pack mules that had replaced saddle-broncs and barebacks and native cattle that were rounded up for the bull ride. Brown left China with the all-around title .

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