Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 1992 A 10-year-old Clint Johnson began his rodeo career at a 4-H rodeo. In high school he qualified for the South Dakota High School Finals from 1971-74, twice going to the National High School Finals. His quiet dedication to rodeo began with a term on the...
World Championships: 5 All-Around: 1985, 1986, 1987 Bareback Riding: 1985, 1986 National Finals Rodeo Average Champion All-Around: 1986, 1987, 1988 Bareback Riding: 1984, 1986 Rookie of the Year Bareback Riding: 1980 Olympic Medals Silver - Saddle Bronc Riding - 1988 Calgary Stampede Challenge Cup Bronze - Bareback Riding - 1988 Calgary Stampede Challenge Cup RAM Circuit Finals Rodeo Champion All-Around: 1989 Saddle Bronc...
Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 1992 Deb Copenhaver, considered one of the greatest bronc riders to come out of the Pacific Northwest, was born Jan 21, 1925, in Wilbur, Wash. Copenhaver was just a kid when he started breaking horses and exercising racehorses. His rodeo career took a backseat to World...
Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 1991 Marty Wood, who began his rodeo career as a bareback rider and bull rider, made his mark in ProRodeo in saddle bronc riding. During his career, he won three world titles, three Canadian Professional Rodeo Association championships and the aggregate crown at every major rodeo...
Rodeo Notable • Inducted 1991 During his career, the name Billy Bob Watt signified a shrewd business manager, tough negotiator and man of his word. He was named to the Board of Directors of the Fort Worth, Texas-based Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show and Rodeo in 1945, elected president in 1946...
Rodeo Notable • Inducted 1991 Buster Ivory, who got his start as a cowboy, went on to be well-known for his efforts in the management and administration of ProRodeo. Born Aug. 9, 1923, in Alturus, Calif., Ivory’s first rodeo was in McArthur, Calif., in 1937. According to Ivory, “It wasn’t much...
All-Around • Inducted 1991 His entire rodeo career spanned only eight years, but Louis Brooks was known as one of the best all-around cowboys ever. When he started, he entered all three roughstock events and won. Later, Brooks began to specialize, giving up bull riding. “When I quit the bulls, my...
Livestock • Inducted 1990 Red Rock, owned by Growney Brothers Rodeo Company, started bucking in PRCA rodeos in 1983. He retired from the arena after the 1987 National Finals Rodeo, unridden in 309 attempts. His retirement was brief. In 1988, John Growney created the “Challenge of the Champions.” This seven-ride match...
Livestock • Inducted 1990 Crooked Nose may be the most famous fighting bull in rodeo. Rodeo fans loved him and bull fighters dreaded him. He was born in 1977 on the Harry Vold Rodeo Ranch in Fowler, Colorado. His mother was a Mexican crossbred fighting cow and his sire was the...
All-Around • Inducted 1990 His rodeo career began when Gerald Roberts was 13. He ran away to join a wild west show and was hooked. Four years later, Roberts was riding bucking horses and bulls in the Cowboys Turtle Association. Roberts competed in all three roughstock events. Saddle bronc riding was his...
