Contract Personnel • Inducted 1997 *Inducted as a pair with Bobby Clark. The Clarks began their rodeo career as competitors — both as tie-down ropers, and Gene in steer wrestling and Bobby in bareback riding. Gene, born March 27, 1926, in Seminole, Okla., quickly moved to the contract side of the sport...
Contract Personnel • Inducted 1997 *Inducted as a pair with Gene Clark. The Clarks began their rodeo career as competitors — both as tie-down ropers, and Gene in steer wrestling and Bobby in bareback riding. Gene, born March 27, 1926, in Seminole, Okla., quickly moved to the contract side of the sport...
Team Roping • Inducted 1997 Jake Barnes says he was born to swing a rope, and few would disagree. After joining the PRCA in 1980, he qualified for the National Finals Rodeo his rookie season, heading for Allen Bach. He then partnered with legendary Leo Camarillo, before joining forces with Clay...
Stock Contractor • Inducted 1996 A second-generation stock contractor, Tommy Steiner of Austin, Texas, began his rodeo career as a 10-year-old doing rope tricks off the back of a horse he had trained. The Steiner Rodeo Company was on the road by 1945, one of the first PRCA stock contracting companies...
Livestock • Inducted 1996 The name is an apt description of the legendary barrel horse whose AQHA name is Gills Bay Boy. Purchased for $1,000 by owner/rider Charmayne James, Scamper began his record-setting career as a rookie in 1984. He took James past the $1 million earnings mark and to 10...
Bull Riding • Inducted 1996 A 1993 Timex watch advertising campaign featured Charles Sampson as an example of “takes a licking and keeps on ticking.” His 16-year career became as well known for wrecks as championships. Sampson, born July 2, 1957, in Los Angeles, started riding ponies and steers at a...
Contract Personnel • Inducted 1996 Pete Logan, born Dec. 4, 1915, in Junction, Ill., had been a radio announcer for 10 years when he responded to an ad in Hoof and Horns magazine. The ad read, “Wanted: Announcer for Black Hills Roundup, July 4.” He got the job even though he...
Rodeo Notable • Inducted 1996 John Burke, a longtime Casper, Wyo., resident, was an integral part of ProRodeo for more than 30 years. Rather than in the rodeo arena, his efforts were behind the scenes, and his contributions were in administration and organization. He served on the board of directors for...
Steer Wrestling • Inducted 1996 Despite a strong family rodeo tradition, John Jones, Jr., did not become interested in the sport until age 15, preferring to play football, baseball and basketball. When Jones decided to rodeo, he quickly developed winning skills. He was the California High School Rodeo Association tie-down roping...
Steer Roping • Inducted 1996 Nicknamed “The Legend” by his peers, Guy Allen of Santa Anna, Texas, won his PRCA-record 17th world title in 2003, after sewing up the championship at the National Finals Steer Roping in Amarillo, Texas. Allen began his rodeo career at age 7, traveling with his father, James,...
