O’Neill, Glen
Saddle Bronc Riding • Inducted 2014
The first contestant from outside North America to be inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, Glen O’Neill was the saddle bronc riding champion of his native Australia before moving to Canada as a teenager and establishing himself as an elite competitor for more than a decade, capped by winning the world championship in 2002.
O’Neill was the 1994 PRCA Resistol Saddle Bronc Riding Rookie of the Year and then qualified for the first of his 11 National Finals Rodeos a year later. Eight times he finished among the top five in the world standings, going head-to-head with fellow Hall of Famers Billy Etbauer and Dan Mortensen all through his career, and earned $1,614,860.
O’Neill captured the NFR average title on his way to the 2002 gold buckle and was reserve world champion in both 2001 and 2003, finishing less than $5,000 behind Mortensen in his title-defense year.
“One of the things that gives me the greatest joy is to think about where I started and how far I have come, as far as rodeo and in life, moving halfway across the world and making this life for myself,” O’Neill said.
Accolades
Biography
World Championships: 1
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2002
National Finals Rodeo Average Champion
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2002
Rookie of the Year
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1994
Born: January 9, 1973 in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Joined PRCA: 1994
NFR Qualifications: 11
Rodeo Championships
Buffalo Bill Rodeo / North Platte, NE
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1998
California Rodeo Salinas / Salinas, CA
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1995
Cheyenne Frontier Days / Cheyenne, WY
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2003
Clovis Rodeo / Clovis, CA
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1996
Cody Stampede / Cody, WY
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2001, 2002
Deadwood Days of ’76 Rodeo / Deadwood, SD
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2003, 2006 (tie)
Ellensburg Rodeo / Ellensburg, WA
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1997
Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo / Fort Worth, TX
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2002 (tie), 2003 (tie)
Grand National Stock Show & Rodeo / San Francisco, CA
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1994
Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo / Guymon, OK
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2005
National Western Stock Show & Rodeo / Denver, CO
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1996
Pendleton Round-Up / Pendleton, OR
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2001, 2002, 2004 (tie)
Red Bluff Round-Up / Red Bluff, CA
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1999, 2002
Redding Rodeo / Redding, CA
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1999, 2004
Reno Rodeo / Reno, NV
Saddle Bronc Riding: 1998
Rowell Ranch Rodeo / Hayward, CA
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2002
Snake River Stampede / Nampa, ID
Saddle Bronc Riding: 2000
