Steer Wrestling • Inducted 1979 Although he never saw a rodeo until he was in high school, Roy Duvall of Boynton, Okla., learned fast and won three world titles. Duvall first entered bareback and bull riding when he began competing, but he soon discovered that his real talent was in steer...
Steer Roping • Inducted 1979 With his unconventional technique, Sonny Davis was credited with putting some “zip” into the single steer roping, which until that time was something of a perfectionist event. Davis, born Jan. 2, 1935, in Kenna, N.M., handled himself with catlike quickness and superb coordination, despite his 6-foot-3...
Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 1979 Shawn Davis, a three-time world champion saddle bronc rider, has devoted much of his life to the sport of rodeo. Davis won his first title in 1965 and then captured back-to-back titles in 1967-68. In 1969, he was leading the world standings when a bronc...
Stock Contractor • Inducted 1979 Rodeo producer throughout the Rocky Mountain region for 27 years, Leo Cremer established the greatest string of bucking horses ever assembled under a single ownership. So deep was the talent of his horses that many of them never bucked more than once or twice a year....
Tie-Down Roping • Inducted 1979 Roy Cooper jumped out of the box, winning the world tie-down roping championship and Rookie of the Year honors the first year he became a full-time professional in 1976. Born Nov. 13, 1955, in Hobbs, N.M., Cooper was severely afflicted with asthma as a child, which...
Stock Contractor • Inducted 1979 Hell’s Angel, Kickapoo, Chief Tyhee, Home Brew, Conclusion, Harry Tracy, Hell-to-Set, Broken Bones and Reckless Red – all of those bronco greats were part of the bucking stock of World Championship Rodeo Company in the 1940’s. It’s managing director and part-owner was Everett Colborn. He got...
All-Around • Inducted 1979 Clay Carr won five world titles while competing in roughstock and timed events. His versatility came from working on the family-owned Gill Ranches in California. A cowboy born to the saddle and rope, Carr was a natural athlete who competed in saddle bronc riding, steer roping, steer...
Team Roping • Inducted 1979 The son of a working cowboy and ranch foreman, Leo Camarillo knew what discipline and hard work were all about when he embarked on his professional rodeo career. His upbringing helped him win four world team roping titles and a world all-around championship in the 1970s...
Steer Wrestling • Inducted 1979 One of only three men to have won four or more steer wrestling world titles, James Bynum of Waxahachie, Texas, pursued world titles if the weather wasn’t just right. “Big Jim,” like his father before him, farmed cotton south of Dallas. When it was hot and...
Bareback Riding • Inducted 1979 Jack Buschbom, born Oct. 6, 1927, in State Center, Iowa, survived two serious accidents with horses before he ever started in ProRodeo. The son of a stock contractor and former rodeo contestant, Buschbom began competing at age 17 as a bull rider. Three years later, he...
