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Jack Favor
Jack Graves Favor, also known as Cadillac Jack Favor,[3][4] (November 30, 1911 – December 27, 1988) was an American rodeo performer.[5][6] BiographyEarly lifeFavor was born on a ranch in Eula, Texas.[1][2] He attended and graduated from Abilene High School.[2] While at high school he won his first rodeo competition as a bronc rider in Cameron, Texas.[2] Later lifeFavor served in the United States Navy from 1929 to 1932, returning to Texas after his discharge.[2] He worked as a truck driver for a plumbing company in Abilene, Texas.[2] Favor later settled in Fort Worth, Texas,[1] before returning to the Navy in 1941.[2] Favor continued to compete in rodeos, retiring in 1961 to live in Texarkana, Texas and work as a salesman.[2] Conviction, imprisonment and acquittalIn 1967, Favor was convicted of a double murder after being accused by a hitchhiker he had picked up. He served eight years in Angola prison before being acquitted in a retrial.[1] After his release, Favor was the subject of a book by William B. Moody titled In Jack’s Favor, and appeared on the late-night television talk show The Tomorrow Show and a radio show hosted by author, presenter and sports journalist, Howard Cosell.[2] DeathFavor died in December 1988 of complications from cancer in a hospital in Arlington, Texas, at the age of 77.[1] He was buried in Parkdale Cemetery.[1] LegacyIn 1998 Favor was played by actor and musician Clint Black in the television film Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack.[4] Black also wrote a song titled "Cadillac Jack" with country guitarist and songwriter, Hayden Nicholas.[3] Favor was posthumously inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame in 2009.[7] References
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