Cowboy Morgan Evans
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Cowboy Morgan Evans | |
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 14-year-old Charlie Morgan Evans | |
| Born | 19 February 1903 Archer County, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 15, 1969 (age 66) Bonham, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Huff Community Elementary, and Wichita Falls, Texas |
| Occupations | Rancher, Roughneck, Oilman, Rodeo Bull rider and 1928 World Champion Bulldogger |
| Known for | 1928 world Bulldogging champ, Bull rider, Rancher, Oil production Roughneck and Drilling Foreman, Christian Baptist  33° |
| Spouse | Allie Odessa Jarvis |
| Children | Mary Morine Evans-Penner Sara Deane Evans |
| Parent(s) | Andrew Jackson Evans, Sr. Grace Morgan |
Charles "Cowboy" Morgan Evans (February 19, 1903 – April 15, 1969) was an American champion rodeo sports cowboy and oil field worker from Texas who worked as a rancher and oil drilling foreman the majority of his life.
Evans won the 1927 World Series Rodeo Bulldogging Championship at New York City's Madison Square Garden. The World Series Rodeo is now known as the National Finals Rodeo (or "NFR"). Cowboy Evan's championship is recorded in the Rodeo Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Charlie Morgan Evans was born to rancher Andrew Jackson Evans, Sr., and his wife Grace Morgan in the community of Huff, Texas in Archer County. The family was of Scottish and Welsh descent. As an adult, in 1942, Evans legally changed his birth name from Charlie to Charles, but his rodeo name was the one that stuck in the minds of those who knew him. Some oldtimers in parts of Arkansas, where he had a cattle ranch, still remembered Cowboy Morgan Evans in the local American folklore of the late 20th century.[citation needed]
