Four legendary cowboys are set to be inducted into the Australian Rodeo Heritage Centre Hall of Fame on October 27 during the week of the Warwick Rodeo.
Darryl Kong from Warwick will be one of four retired cowboys inducted into the Hall of Fame later this month.
Taroom cowboy Jim Dix will also be inducted, as well as Dave Appleton and Doug Flanigan.
Dave Appleton was the first Australian to win a professional rodeo title in North America.
They will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in a function at the Douglas Feez Pavilion at Warwick Showgrounds at 6pm.
Darryl was the first Australian to make the saddle bronc national finals back in 1972. He finished the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association season in the top 15.
He also won the saddle bronc in Calgary, Canada in 1972. The event is considered the most famous rodeo in the world.
Darryl has other impressive wins on his resume, including at the Pendleton Roundup in Oregon in 1972 and the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming in 1973.
Prior to his wins in America, Darryl made a splash in Australia. He came in second in the bull ride at the Warwick Rodeo.
While not born in Taroom, Jim Dix calls the town home.
He was not only the first Australian to qualify for the PRCA national finals in 1969, but the first non-North America to make the finals.
Jim won the bareback at Calgary in 1975 and then won the Australian Professionals Rodeo Association bareback title in 1979.
Darryl and Jim have previously judged together at the Warwick Rodeo.
Originally from Clermont in Queensland, Dave Appleton was the first Australian to win a PRCA title in the USA.
Doug Flanigan hails from Murgon, and won the bareback title in the APRA in 1961.
He moved to Canada and competed into the 1970s before retiring.
Tickets for the hall of fame night can be obtained through warwicktickets.com.au
