The George Paul Memorial Bull Riding is an annual bull riding event held every spring at the Val Verde County Fairgrounds in Del Rio, Texas, United States.
It is held in honor of George Paul, the 1968 Rodeo Cowboys Association (RCA) World Champion bull rider.
He later attended a rodeo school held by 16-time RCA world champion Jim Shoulders.
The same year he won his bareback and all-around world championships in the AJRA, he turned professional and joined the RCA.
In 1967, he entered and traveled to multiple RCA rodeos by ground either in a car or pick-up truck, but most of the time, he flew.
He qualified for his second NFR in bull riding with a commanding lead in the world standings.
On July 30, 1970, Paul was tragically killed when he was flying his plane between rodeos and it crashed in Commissary Ridge in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
It is the oldest continuous stand-alone bull riding event in the United States.
[2] In 2007, he was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Since 2018, the George Paul Memorial has been sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) as an Xtreme Bulls event.