George Fletcher (1890-1973) was a cowboy and rodeo rider raised near Pendleton, Oregon.

In 1911 he took second place in the Pendleton Round-Up Rodeo, in 1969 he became one of 10 people inducted into the first class of the Pendleton Round-Up Hall of Fame, and in 2001 he was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Fletcher spent his early years working horses on nearby ranches and on the Umatilla Indian Reservation until he entered his first rodeo at age 16.

[1] George Fletcher was the first African American to compete for a world championship in bronco riding at the 1911 Pendleton Roundup; he was denied the championship saddle by the judges, but the crowd declared him the "People's Champion.

[4] [5] In 2019 a fictional account of Fletcher's experiences was published in a book titled, "Let 'Er Buck!"