Rodriguez Jr., Jim
Team Roping • Inducted 1979
Jim Rodriguez grew up in a roping arena owned by his father, applied his early training and individual skills to team roping and won four world championships. Rodriguez, born Sept. 9, 1941, in Watsonville, Calif., was the youngest man to win a team roping title, taking his first championship at age 18 in 1959. Setting records does not stop with that achievement. He finished in the Top 15 for 19 consecutive years, thereby qualifying for the National Finals Rodeo, records that are sure to stand for many years. Around the home arena, Rodriguez met the world’s finest team ropers. He received coaching from several of them, but upon teaming with all-time great Gene Rambo, the perfect combination resulted in two championships in a row.
Accolades
Biography
World Championships: 4
Team Roping: 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965
National Finals Rodeo Average Champion
Team Roping: 1959, 1960, 1966, 1973
Born: September 9, 1941 in Watsonville, California
Rodeo Championships
California Rodeo Salinas / Salinas, CA
All-Around: 1958 (tie), 1960 (tie), 1962, 1968, 1971
Team Roping: 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962
Tie-Down Roping: 1968
Clovis Rodeo / Clovis, CA
All-Around: 1961
Team Roping: 1959, 1961, 1964, 1970
La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Rodeo / Tucson, AZ
Team Roping: 1981
National Western Stock Show & Rodeo / Denver, CO
Team Roping: 1975, 1976
Red Bluff Round-Up / Red Bluff, CA
All-Around: 1960, 1967
Team Roping: 1967, 1970, 1973
Redding Rodeo / Redding, CA
Tie-Down Roping: 1961, 1966
Reno Rodeo / Reno, NV
All-Around: 1965
Team Roping: 1958, 1965, 1968 (tie)
Rowell Ranch Rodeo / Hayward, CA
Team Roping: 1961
World’s Oldest Rodeo Prescott Frontier Days / Prescott, AZ
Team Roping: 1972
