Leo Camarillo

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 and 1980s. An intense competitor, he created and perfected a polished style of heeling steers (catching both back legs). An excellent horseman, Camarillo, born Jan. 25, 1946, in Santa Ana, Calif., roped off his horse named Super Stick, which many pros thought unsuitable for professional competition. Camarillo was also an excellent tie-down roper and steer wrestler. In his first 11 years in ProRodeo, Camarillo won $180,466 in team roping.

World Championships: 5

All-Around: 1975

Team Roping: 1972, 1973, 1975, 1983

National Finals Rodeo Average Champion

Team Roping: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1982

RAM Circuit Year-End Champions

California Circuit:

All-Around: 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982

Team Roping: 1976, 1977, 1982

Tie-Down Roping: 1976

Texas Circuit:

Team Roping: 1983

Born: January 25, 1946 in Santa Ana, California
Died: December 30, 2020 in Chandler, Arizona

ProRodeo Hall of Famer Leo Camarillo passes away

California Rodeo Salinas / Salinas, CA
Steer Wrestling: 1974
Team Roping: 1982, 1996
Tie-Down Roping: 1979

Clovis Rodeo / Clovis, CA
Steer Wrestling: 1973
Team Roping: 1976

Cody Stampede / Cody, WY
All-Around: 1977
Team Roping: 1973

Dodge City Roundup / Dodge City, KS
All-Around: 1982
Tie-Down Roping: 1982 (tie)

Ellensburg Rodeo / Ellensburg, WA
Steer Wrestling: 1978

Grand National Stock Show & Rodeo / San Francisco, CA
All-Around: 1969, 1972, 1974
Team Roping: 1972, 1974
Tie-Down Roping: 1969, 1972

Greeley Stampede / Greeley, CO
All-Around: 1976
Team Roping: 1971, 1979, 1985

La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Rodeo / Tucson, AZ
All-Around: 1969, 1974, 1982
Tie-Down Roping: 1970
Team Roping: 1982

Red Bluff Round-Up / Red Bluff, CA
All-Around: 1972, 1973
Team Roping: 1972

Redding Rodeo / Redding, CA
Team Roping: 1975, 1976, 1982

Reno Rodeo / Reno, NV
All-Around: 1976, 1977
Team Roping: 1977, 1983
Tie-Down Roping: 1976

Rowell Ranch Rodeo / Hayward, CA
All-Around: 1973, 1983
Steer Wrestling: 1973
Team Roping: 1983

Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo / Spanish Fork, UT
Tie-Down Roping: 1980
Team Roping: 1978, 1979 (tie)

West of the Pecos Rodeo / Pecos, TX
Tie-Down Roping: 1983, 1984

World’s Oldest Rodeo Prescott Frontier Days / Prescott, AZ
All-Around: 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975
Steer Wrestling: 1970, 1971
Team Roping: 1969, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1980
Tie-Down Roping: 1982