Description
Harry Charters 14k/10k/sterling ‘61 Perry Luster Award Hayward Rodeo belt buckle, takes up to a 1.25" belt, Tested and guaranteed solid sterling silver, functional with expected wear. Circa last quarter of the 20th century with no damage, fully functional. Big buckle, takes up to a 1.75" belt. This is an important buckle won by a historically important cowboy. There is a ton of gold on this buckle. All of the raised areas are solid 14k and 10k gold. It would not take much at todays prices for there to be 1k in gold on this buckle, I honestly think there is more than 1k worth of gold on this buckle, and it‘s historically significant. Harry Charters at the Hayward CA rodeo, later known as Rowell Ranch Pro Rodeo.
Attached are two digital images I found of Harry Charters online, I don‘t have physical copies of these images, nor are they included in the listing. Just showing the Famous Cowboy who won/owned this buckle.
Harry Charters
Steer Wrestling Inducted 2015
Although Harry Charters didnt buy his RCA permit until 1958, at the relatively advanced age of 33, he managed to compete at an elite level for a decade. He won his only world championship as a rookie steer wrestler in 1959, and went on to put nine NFR qualifications on his career résumé six in bulldogging and three in tie-down roping.
He barely missed a second world steer wrestling title in 1962, when he finished second by $773 to fellow Class of 2015 ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee Tom Nesmith.
“If he would have started (with the RCA) as a young guy, 11-time World Champion Dean Oliver said, “He probably would have won more than anyone in the history of bulldogging.
At 6-6, 250 pounds, Charters was perhaps the biggest world champion in rodeo history and yet was described by his peers as “dazzling fast and fleet of foot.
Charters was also well-known for his innovative approach to timed-event technique. He is said to be the first calf roper to dismount from the right side of his horse and his bulldogging style was uniquely his own, giving the appearance that he was picking up the steer, spinning it around and flinging it to the ground.
His Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up steer wrestling record of 5.0 seconds stood for 11 years.
Accolades
Biography
World Championships: 1
Steer Wrestling: 1959
Born: April 16, 1925 in Nampa, Idaho
Died: July 7, 1981 in Boise, Idaho
Joined the PRCA: 1958
NFR Qualifications: 9
Rodeo Championships
California Rodeo Salinas / Salinas, CA
Tie-Down Roping: 1963
Cheyenne Frontier Days / Cheyenne, WY
Steer Wrestling: 1962
Clovis Rodeo / Clovis, CA
Steer Wrestling: 1961
Tie-Down Roping: 1960
Ellensburg Rodeo / Ellensburg, WA
All-Around: 1958
Steer Wrestling: 1958
Tie-Down Roping: 1965
Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo / Fort Worth, TX
All-Around: 1964
Pendleton Round-Up / Pendleton, OR
All-Around: 1960, 1961
Steer Wrestling: 1959 (tie), 1961
Tie-Down Roping: 1960, 1961
Red Bluff Round-Up / Red Bluff, CA
Steer Wrestling: 1960
Redding Rodeo / Redding, CA
Steer Wrestling: 1962
Tie-Down Roping: 1961, 1962
Reno Rodeo / Reno, NV
Tie-Down Roping: 1966
Rowell Ranch Rodeo / Hayward, CA
Steer Wrestling: 1962
Snake River Stampede / Nampa, ID
All-Around: 1962
Steer Wrestling: 1959, 1962
Rowell Ranch Pro Rodeo
Hayward, California Inducted 2014
Harry Rowell, a rancher, businessman and philanthropist, brought the sport of rodeo to the athletic fields of the Burbank School in downtown Hayward, Calif., in 1921 and then moved it to his Dublin Canyon Ranch four years later, where it has been a fixture on the professional rodeo calendar ever since.
Crowned the “Rodeo King of the West for his contributions to the sport, Rowell part of the ProRodeo Hall of Fames inaugural class of 1979 was a stock producer for 25 rodeos throughout the West, including the Grand National Rodeo in San Francisco. But it was his own home rodeo that held a special place in his heart.
Upon Rowells death in 1969, his wife, Maggie, kept the rodeo going with help from Art Palmer and Cecil Jones, and she had it written into her will that the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District could purchase the rodeo site as long as city officials promised that the grounds would be made available for free each year to continue the Rowell Ranch Rodeo and a junior rodeo.
In 1977, a local non-profit organization was formed in compliance with Maggies wishes to assure the continuation of the rodeo as a traditional historical community event, a fundraiser for local charities and a lasting tribute to her British-born husbands love of the West.
The rodeo begins each year with a lone rider galloping down “Harrys Hill, carrying the American flag into the arena.
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