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Young, Rick

Contract Personnel • Class of 2022 Raised on his family’s Appaloosa horse ranch near Tickfaw, LA, Rick Young did not set...

June 22, 2026
Notable / Lifetime Achievement

Lucas, Tad

Rodeo Notable • Inducted 1979 A tiny lady bronc rider from the Nebraska sand-hill country, Tad Lucas was the youngest of...

June 23, 2026
Bull Riding

Kirby, Butch

Bull Riding • Class of 2020 Gary William Kirby, better known as Butch, started his rodeo career at age four when...

June 19, 2026

Miscellaneous

Rick Young

Contract Personnel • Class of 2022 Raised on his family’s Appaloosa horse ranch near Tickfaw, LA, Rick Young did not set out to become a rodeo clown and bull fighter. He really wanted to be a colligate football player after earning All-State accolades in both football and basketball. However, the 5’9”...

August 30, 2022
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Butch Kirby

Bull Riding • Class of 2020 Gary William Kirby, better known as Butch, started his rodeo career at age four when he joined his brothers in a trick riding troupe led by his mother, Mildred. By 16, he had changed his specialty to bull riding. Kirby credits the agility and balance...

August 17, 2020
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Tad Lucas

Rodeo Notable • Inducted 1979 A tiny lady bronc rider from the Nebraska sand-hill country, Tad Lucas was the youngest of 24 children born to a pioneer family. She rode bulls in the main streets of Cody, Neb., during World War I to raise money for the Red Cross. In 1921,...

April 21, 2012
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Inductees

The colorful history and equally colorful legends of professional rodeo live on at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Since the Hall’s opening in 1979, 319 people, 41 animals and 36 rodeo committees have been inducted. More than 100 individuals are...

April 17, 2012
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