Berger, Robert “Bobby”
Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 1990
Bobby Berger’s first world championship in 1979 was won by a margin of $5 over Tom Miller of Faith, S.D. Born June 22, 1945, in Halstead, Kan., Berger competed successfully in all three roughstock events. He qualified 13 times for the National Finals Rodeo, winning aggregate titles in bull riding in 1971 and saddle bronc riding in 1980. From 1976-78, the PRCA honored two champions. The world champion was determined by most money won at the NFR and the other was a PRCA champion, based on total season earnings. In 1977, Berger won the PRCA championship in saddle bronc riding with $25,431. Berger, a former member of the PRCA Board of Directors, is thought to have been the first cowboy to ride Descent, the famous bronc of Beutler Brothers Company.
Accolades
Biography
World Championships: 3
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1971, 1979, 1980
National Finals Rodeo Average Champion
All-Around: 1971
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1980
Bull Riding: 1969, 1971
RAM Circuit Year-End Champion
Prairie Circuit:
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1980, 1982
Bull Riding: 1976, 1977
Southern Circuit:
Bull Riding: 1976, 1977
Born: June 22, 1945 in Halstead, Kansas
NFR Qualifications: 13
Rodeo Championship
Black Hills Roundup / Belle Fourche, SD
All-Around: 1972
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1972, 1975, 1976 (tie)
Buffalo Bill Rodeo / North Platte, NE
Bull Riding: 1974
Cheyenne Frontier Days / Cheyenne, WY
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1979
Clovis Rodeo / Clovis, CA
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1966, 1969, 1970
Cody Stampede / Cody, WY
Bull Riding: 1969
Deadwood Days of ’76 Rodeo / Deadwood, SD
All-Around: 1971
Dodge City Roundup / Dodge City, KS
All-Around: 1977
Ellensburg Rodeo / Ellensburg, WA
All-Around: 1971
Bull Riding: 1968
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1971
Greeley Stampede / Greeley, CO
Bull Riding: 1972, 1973, 1977 (tie)
Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo / Guymon, OK
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1970
Iowa’s Championship Rodeo / Sidney, IA
All-Around: 1976
Bull Riding: 1976 (tie)
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1969, 1973, 1976
La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Rodeo / Tucson, AZ
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1977 (tie)
National Western Stock Show & Rodeo / Denver, CO
Bull Riding: 1971 (tie)
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1976
Red Bluff Round-Up / Red Bluff, CA
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1968
Reno Rodeo / Reno, NV
Bull Riding: 1969
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1979
World’s Oldest Rodeo Prescott Frontier Days / Prescott, AZ
Bareback Riding: 1971
