JOHN S. PAYNE One Arm Bandit

John S. Payne, the notorious One Arm Bandit, was born to a rancher in the oil rich town of Shidler, Oklahoma on April 19, 1953. Ranch life with four brothers taught John to “Get out of the way or get run over.” John believes “When the going gets tough, the tough get going” and “If there is a will, there is a way.”

The cowboy said he started a rodeo act of wrangling mustangs and even a zebra to climb on top of a tractor trailer, and at the end of his performance he would get on top of it shooting off his pistol. He would do all of this with only one good arm. He’s been performing amazing acts for rodeos across the country for decades.