he rode in the Stewart McColl pageant with fellow rider Yakima Canutt. The Rodeo Association of America (RAA) named Knight the World Champion Bronc Rider for 1932, 1933, 1935, and 1936. At the Rodeo held in Boston Gardens in 1936, Knight helped organize the Cowboy strike, becoming a founding member of the Cowboys Turtle Association (CTA) in 1936. On May 23, 1937, Knight was trampled to death by a horse called "Duster", at the Hayward Rodeo in California. He was buried at Lone Tree Cemetery in Fairview near Hayward; his remains were later reinterred in 1960 at the Greenwood cemetery in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pete Knight's cups, trophies, saddles and buckles became a permanent fixture at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US. In his hometown of Crossfield, Alberta, the town named its arena in honor of Pete Knight, and holds an annual "Pete Knight Days Rodeo". Honors Cowboy Country Television Trailblazers 1998 Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame 1981 Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame 1980 Alberta Sports Hall of Fame 1979 ProRodeo Hall of Fame 1971 Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame 1958 Rodeo Hall of Fame - National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum References Faulknor, Cliff (1977) Turn Him Loose! , Western Producer Prairie Books Gunderson, Harald (1996) The Linder Legend , Sagebrush Publishing, Calgary Kennedy, Fred (1952) The Calgary Stampede Story , T. Edward Thonger Publications, Calgary Kennedy, Fred (1972) Alberta Was My Beat , The Albertan Publishing Corp., Calgary Knight, Darrell (2004) Pete Knight - The Cowboy King , Deteselig Publishing, Calgary Kroetsch, Robert (1986) Seed Catalogue , Turnstone Press, Winnipeg MacEwan, Grant (1952) Between the Red and the Rockies , University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1903 births 1937 deaths Burials at Lone Tree Cemetery (Fairview, California) Sportspeople from Alberta People from Rocky View County ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees Saddle bronc riders Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame inductees Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductees