Bonnie McPherson competed in Little Britches and Gymkhanas events as a girl, followed by college rodeos. After college, she settled in Burkburnett and taught school. Weekends and summers, she entered GRA (now WPRA), all-girl, and amateur rodeos, winning championships in bareback riding, bull riding, steer undecorating, goat-tying, and barrel racing. Bonnie’s titles include a goat-tying championship (Cheyenne, 1966) and GRA World Championship in Bull Riding and Bareback Riding (1970, 1972). From 1973-1984, she was a rodeo stunt women in such movies and television shows as “Bite the Bullet,” “CHIPS,” “BJ & the Bear,” “Bronco Billy,” “Every Which Way You Can,” and “Two Minute Warning.”
