Dillinger (bull)
| Dillinger | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Brand | 81 |
| Sex | Bull |
| Color | black w/ white face |
| Weight | 1,800 lbs |
| Years active | 1999-2002 |
| Owner | Herrington Cattle Co. |
| Notable riders | Chris Shivers, Jim Sharp, Ednei Caminhas, and Corey Navarre |
| Died | 2004 |
| Honors | |
| 2012 PBR Brand of Honor | |
| Awards | |
| 2001, 2002 World Champion Bull | |
Dillinger #81 (died 2004) was a two-time Professional Bull Riders (PBR) World Champion bucking bull owned by the Herrington Cattle Company. He won PBR World Champion Bull in 2000 and 2001. He is currently ranked first all-time in the ProBullStats Hall of Fame. He was bestowed the PBR Heroes and Legends Celebration: Brand of Honor in 2012, the second bull to receive the honor after Little Yellow Jacket won the inaugural award in 2011. Today, Dillinger is still ranked first in the ProBullStats historical ranking of bucking bulls in the sport of bull riding.
Dillinger was a black bull with a white face. Although larger than most elite bulls of his era, he was well known for his speed and agility, bucking over 86% of riders in 51 career outs at all levels.
Robbie Herrington, of Herrington Cattle Company, was the owner of Dillinger. He had made a lot of deals as a stock contractor. However, understandably, Dillinger is the one of the most important deals he made for bovines. There are obvious reasons, like all the honors Dillinger earned. And the fact that Dillinger is still the #1 bull historically according to ProBullStats. However, when Herrington worked out the deal with stock contractor Neal Gay, he believes that was the most honorable business dealing he ever had with a fellow contractor. Neal priced Dillinger fairly. He allowed Herrington and his son, Chad, to pay half up front. And Neal, which is far from usual in this business, gave them a guarantee: "If they weren't happy with him after three events they could return him and get their money back. "'Of course, we knew the day we bought him that wasn't going to happen,' said Herrington, who saw Dillinger for the first time at the 1999 World Finals when he drew Bubba Dunn and Justin McBride." It was impossible for them not to be satisfied with Dillinger. Rather especially since seeing his World Finals performance in 1999.
Dillinger drew Dunn for his first ride. Out of the chute, Dillinger took two long jumps and, according to Herrington, "it looked like he went halfway across the Thomas & Mack Center before he turned back, but it just happened so quick and so strong you're like, I don't know. It was like seeing something you had never seen before. Of course, it proved out over time that it really was something we hadn't seen before."
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