Bull Riding • Inducted 2012 Frank Schneider always said it was “probably environment” that got him into a career in professional rodeo because his older brother, Johnie, was already a top hand when he started out riding calves. What carried him to the elite level of the sport all resided within...
Notable/Lifetime Achievement • Inducted 2012 Harold “Hal” Littrell is known as “Mister Rodeo” in Colorado Springs, Colo., with more than 50 years of service to the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo and a long record of support for the PRCA and the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Recruited by his employer, Exchange National...
Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 2012 Robert Etbauer was the first of the legendary Etbauer brothers to venture out from their home in rural South Dakota and establish himself as a champion on the rodeo road – the eldest brother who took the lead. He was the PRCA Saddle Bronc Riding...
Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 2012 One of the most popular and iconic rodeo cowboys of his generation, five-time World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider Billy Etbauer is as much respected for his go-for-broke style and his unfailing humility as he is for the string of victories that covered parts of four...
Dodge City, Kansas • Inducted 2012 When the committee for the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup decided to create a PRCA rodeo in 1977, it was with the idea that it would never be just another stop on the road. There would be big prize money, top stock and the best contract...
Livestock • Inducted 2011 War Paint, the product of a registered Quarter Horse stud and a wild pinto mare, was raided by Orie Summers on the Klamath Indian Reservation in Oregon and became the greatest saddle bronc horse of his generation. As part of the Christensen Brothers string, War Paint was voted...
Contract Personnel • Inducted 2011 J.W. Stoker built a career spanning more than seven decades by being equally adept as a trick rider and trick roper. He started when he was 9 years old under the tutelage of Pinky Barnes, who worked in Wild West shows and the movies. Stoker took...
Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 2011 Known among his peers as the “Shetland Stud” or the “Banty Cowboy,” Burel Mulkey had strength that belied his 5-6, 165 pound stature, allowing him to excel at a time when saddle bronc riders had to stay on for 12 seconds (10 indoors) to earn...
Notable/Lifetime Achievement • Inducted 2011 As Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, Keith Martin set the bar for all rodeo committees when San Antonio became the first $1 million regular-season rodeo in 2007. At the same time, he was pushing ProRodeo toward a...
Bareback Riding • Inducted 2011 Lan LaJeunesse made a spectacular debut at the 1999 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo by placing in seven of 10 rounds and shattering NFR bareback riding records with 813 points on 10 horses and earnings of $99,487 on his way to a dramatic world championship victory over...
