year’s champion, Paul Carney. Some rodeo
cowboys are superstitious. Burel Mulkey
and Paul Carney are no exceptions. After
winning the championships in ’38, Mulkey
gave his favorite shirt he was wearing to his
good friend, Carney for good luck. The very
next year, Paul Carney won the title of 1939
All Around Champion of the World—he
did it wearing Mulkey’s shirt.
Whether he rode a dog or the best of
broncs, he spurred every one of them.
He is short and heavily-built, but as a
personality, he is a character...Like ham
and eggs, Mulkey and mischief belong
together. Mischief is his specialty, and he
enjoys nothing more than handing out
tall stories and watching the listener’s eyes
grow larger and larger.”
Author Clifford
Westermeier
wrote of Burel
in 1947, “That
mighty little
man from
Idaho, Burel
Mulkey, has the
reputation of
a bronc rider
who never
lets up in his
efforts to win...
Mulkey competed in professional rodeo
for over twenty years. He later served on
the Rodeo Cowboy’s Association board of
directors as a bronc riding representative.
He proved to be a great ambassador for the
sport, both inside and out of the arena.
Burel married Marion Silicz on June 26,
1940 in Fallon, Nevada. Once Burel retired
from full-time rodeo, the couple moved to
California. They bought a ranch and Burel
worked for many years as a brand inspector
as well.
The fun-loving, hard-riding Mulkey died
November 20, 1982 in Lake Isabella,
California. He was posthumously inducted
into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2011.
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