Biography
Rick Young (March 3, 1934 – March 20, 2026), also known as The Ragin' Cajun , was an American bullfighter and rodeo clown . He worked for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). Young was born in Houston, Texas , on March 3, 1934. He was raised on his family's Appaloosa horse ranch near Tickfaw, Louisiana . He attended and graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University . He began his rodeo career in 1959, and was a rodeo clown and bullfighter for 35 years. He worked as a bullfighter at the 1974 National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , and was named the PRCA Clown of the Year in 1980. He was the Coors Man in the Can at the NFR in Las Vegas, Nevada , in 1991, 1994, 1996, and 1997. He retired in 2019, at the age of 85. In 2004, Young was inducted into the National Rodeo Hall of Fame . In 2022, Young was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame .