Bull Riding Hall of Fame

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Hall of Fame in Texas, United States

Bull Riding Hall of Fame

Established| 2012
Location| Cowtown Coliseum
Fort Worth Stockyards
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Type| Hall of Fame
Website| Bull Riding Hall of Fame

The Bull Riding Hall of Fame, located at Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, is a hall of fame for the sport of bull riding.[1] It is incorporated as a non-profit organization in the State of Texas, and created to "recognize, memorialize, and applaud the bull riders, bullfighters, bulls, stock contractors, events, and individuals who have made a historic contribution and attained stellar performance in the sport." Membership is open to fans worldwide.[1]

The Bull Riding Hall of Fame intends to honor all of the bull riding champions.[2] But the hall also has other goals to preserve the history of bull riding, housing "inductee exhibits, accomplishments, photos, videos, personal effects and much more". The Bull Riding Hall of Fame has four categories of induction: Bull Riders, Bull Fighters, Bulls, and Legends.[2]

The inaugural class of inductions was in 2015.[3] The hall opened its doors to the public in 2016.[4][5]

## History[edit]

The founders created the Bull Riding Hall of Fame, Inc., "to recognize bull riders, bull fighters, bulls, organizations, competitive events, and stock contractors that have achieved the ultimate level of performance in the sport of bull riding."[6] The organization's activities include historical presentation, visitor education, event hosting, and managing via multiple committees.[6]

The founders were involved in overseeing the building of the foundation hall, and also maintaining the Bull Riding Hall of Fame museum at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth.[7] Husband and wife team, Bill and Tammi Putnam, were co-founders and respectively served as president and treasurer, as well as the board of directors. Bill Putnam's daughter, Amy Ellinger, served as secretary.[6]

## Organization[edit]

The Bull Riding Hall of Fame Museum is located at Cowtown Coliseum, Fort Worth Stockyards, Fort Worth, Texas.[7]

One class of nominees is inducted into the hall each year. Inductees are selected by the nominations and votes of Members, which includes Inductees.[2] Annual and Lifetime memberships along with Gold Rowel Partnerships are available for individuals, couples, companies and organizations.[8] Sponsors can be an individual, couple, organization, or corporation.[9]

From 2015 through 2019, the annual induction ceremony was held at Cowtown Coliseum. Since 2020, it has been held at Billy Bob's Texas.

## List of Inductees[edit]

The Bull Riding Hall of Fame has inducted individuals from the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), International Professional Rodeo Association (IPRA), and Professional Bull Riders (PBR).

The inductees, human and animal, are among the most notable individuals and organizations in the sport.[3]

More than half of them are also inductees of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, including bullfighter Wick Peth.[10][11] Others include PRCA bull rider Lane Frost,[12] famous for his duel with Red Rock in the Challenge of the Champions.

From the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) there are several Ring of Honor holders from the Heroes and Legends Celebration which is the PBR equivalent of a Hall of Fame. Chris Shivers, a holder of several records in the PBR and a 2013 Ring of Honor holder.[13] Another Ring of Honor holder is bull rider Tuff Hedeman, one of the riders who conquered Bodacious.[13][14] Hedeman competed in the PRCA and the PBR. He is also in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.[15]

Out of the three bulls that have been inducted as of 2017[update], two of them are also in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Tornado was inducted in 1979.[16] Bodacious was inducted in 1999.[17][18] Bodacious was the only bull to win the PRCA Bucking Bull of the Year and the PBR World Champion Bull titles in 1995, until Bruiser did it in 2017.[19][20]

### 2015 Inaugural Inductees[edit]

Inductee  | Birthdate  | Deathdate  | Induction Category

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|
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Don Gay | September 8, 1953  | Living  | Bull Rider
Jim Shoulders | May 13, 1928  | June 20, 2007  | Bull Rider
Warren G. Brown | January 18, 1921  | March 20, 1987  | Bull Rider
Harry Tompkins  | October 5, 1927  | June 29, 2018  | Bull Rider
George Paul  | March 3, 1947  | July 30, 1970  | Bull Rider
Larry Mahan | November 21, 1943  | May 7, 2023  | Bull Rider
Skipper Voss | March 15, 1944  | Living  | Bull Fighter
Wick Peth  | April 15, 1930  | December 27, 2019  | Bull Fighter
George Paul Memorial Bull Riding | N/A  | N/A  | Legend
Mesquite Rodeo \- Neal Gay  | June 25, 1926  | August 11, 2022  | Legend
V-61 | Circa 1962  | 1974  | Bull

Source:[3]

### 2016 Inductees[edit]

Inductee  | Birthdate  | Deathdate  | Induction Category

|
|
|

Myrtis Dightman | May 7, 1935  | Living  | Bull Rider
John Quintana  | December 3, 1947  | March 25, 2013  | Bull Rider
Gary Leffew  | September 23, 1944  | Living  | Bull Rider
Jim "Razor" Sharp | October 6, 1965  | Living  | Bull Rider
Terry Don West  | October 7, 1965  | Living  | Bull Rider
Jack Wiseman  | November 5, 1943  | December 1, 2015  | Bull Rider
Tuff Hedeman | March 2, 1963  | Living  | Bull Rider
Kajun Kidd (D. J. Gaudin)  | October 28, 1929  | June 11, 2015  | Bull Fighter
Harry Vold  | January 29, 1924  | March 13, 2017  | Legend
Steiner Rodeo Co.  | N/A  | N/A  | Legend
Tornado | 1957  | 1972  | Bull

Source:[3]

### 2017 Inductees[edit]

Inductee  | Birthdate  | Deathdate  | Induction Category

|
|
|

Denny Flynn | April 21, 1951  | Living  | Bull Rider
Bill Kornell  | March 13, 1944  | Living  | Bull Rider
Dick Griffith  | September 13, 1913  | August 10, 1984  | Bull Rider
Chris Shivers | December 30, 1978  | Living  | Bull Rider
Randy Magers  | May 5, 1945  | Living  | Bull Rider
Lane Frost | October 12, 1963  | July 30, 1989  | Bull Rider
Rob Smets | September 11, 1959  | Living  | Bull Fighter
Clem McSpadden | November 9, 1925  | July 7, 2008  | Legend
Bob Tallman | October 25, 1947  | Living  | Legend
Bodacious | 1988  | May 16, 2000  | Bull

Source:[3]

### 2018 Inductees[edit]

Inductee  | Birthdate  | Deathdate  | Induction Category

|
|
|

Ronnie Rossen  | July 7, 1937  | August 16, 1991  | Bull Rider
Ty Murray | October 11, 1969  | Living  | Bull Rider
Glen Bird  | November 10, 1945  | Living  | Bull Rider
Wacey Cathey  | June 29, 1953  | Living  | Bull Rider
Jerome Davis | August 10, 1972  | Living  | Bull Rider
Ted Nuce | January 19, 1961  | Living  | Bull Rider
Bob Wegner  | March 10, 1934  | March 30, 2014  | Bull Rider
Miles Hare  | August 17, 1955  | Living  | Bull Fighter
Ferrell Butler  | October 16, 1936  | Living  | Legend
Cotton Rosser - Flying U Rodeo  | August 5, 1928  | June 22, 2022  | Legend
Oscar |  | 1983  | Bull

Source:[3]

### 2019 Inductees[edit]

Inductee  | Birthdate  | Deathdate  | Induction Category

|
|
|

Butch Kirby  | April 24, 1955  | Living  | Bull Rider
Charlie Sampson[21] | July 2, 1957  | Living  | Bull Rider
Bobby Steiner  | November 27, 1951  | Living  | Bull Rider
Jerome Robinson  | October 16, 1947  | January 9, 2022  | Bull Rider
Ken Roberts  | January 22, 1918  | September 13, 1975  | Bull Rider
Bobby Berger  | June 22, 1945  | Living  | Bull Rider
Cody Custer  | August 30, 1965  | Living  | Bull Rider
Leon Coffee  | October 11, 1954  | Living  | Bull Fighter
Beutler Rodeo Company  | N/A  | N/A  | Legend
Jerry Gustafson  |  | Living  | Legend
Old Spec  | 1953  |  | Bull[22]

Source:[3]

### 2020 Inductees[edit]

Inductee  | Birthdate  | Deathdate  | Induction Category  | Refs

|
|
|
|

Bobby DelVecchio  | March 20, 1957  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [23]
Justin McBride | August 7, 1979  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [24][25]
Marvin Paul Shoulders  | February 27, 1951  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [26]
Doug Brown  | March 8, 1946  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [27]
Sandy Kirby  | April 8, 1949  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [28]
Smokey Snyder  | June 1, 1908  | October 24, 1965  | Bull Rider  | [29]
Adriano Morães | April 20, 1970  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [30]
Joe Baumgartner  | September 9, 1966  | Living  | Bull Fighter  | [31]
Lecile Harris  | November 6, 1936  | February 12, 2020  | Legend  | [32][33]
Hadley Barrett  | September 18, 1929  | March 2, 2017  | Legend  | [34]
Bushwacker | June 1, 2006  | Living  | Bull  | [35]

Source:[3]

### 2021 Inductees[edit]

Inductee  | Birthdate  | Deathdate  | Induction Category  | Refs

|
|
|
|

Michael Gaffney  | July 4, 1969  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [36][37]
Ben Jordan  | November 30, 1931  | March 19, 2022  | Bull Rider  | [38]
Mike White  | September 26, 1976  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [39]
John Clark  | June 18, 1936  | Living  | Bull Rider  |
Duane Howard  | August 2, 1933  | October 1, 2015  | Bull Rider  |
Phil Lyne | January 18, 1947  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [40]
Willie Thomas  | January 30, 1930  | April 24, 2020  | Bull Rider  | [41]
Clint Branger  | April 7, 1964  | Living  | Bull Rider  | [42]
Quail Dobbs | August 27, 1941  | January 15, 2014  | Bull Fighter  | [43]
Bad Company Rodeo  |  |  | Legend  | [44]
Red Rock | 1976  | June 8, 1994  | Bull  | [45]

Source:[3]

### 2022 Inductees[edit]

Inductee  | Birthdate  | Deathdate  | Induction Category

|
|
|

J.W. Harris | July 14, 1986  | Living  | Bull Rider
Guilherme Marchi | July 22, 1982  | Living  | Bull Rider
Cody Hart  | April 20, 1978  | Living  | Bull Rider
Ed LeTourneau  | September 18, 1935  | Living  | Bull Rider
Scott Mendes | July 4, 1969  | Living  | Bull Rider
Troy Dunn  | May 8, 1967  | Living  | Bull Rider
Matt Austin  | September 3, 1982  | Living  | Bull Rider
Billy Minick  | January 10, 1939  | Living  | Bull Rider
Rex Dunn  | December 31, 1955  | October 8, 2012  | Bull Fighter
Bryan McDonald  | October 10  | Living  | Legend
Little Yellow Jacket | August 20, 1996  | September 19, 2011  | Bull

Source:[3]

### 2023 Inductees[edit]

Inductee  | Birthdate  | Deathdate  | Induction Category

|
|
|

Cody Snyder | March 28, 1963  | Living  | Bull Rider[46]
Rickey Lindsey  | September 16, 1960  | Living  | Bull Rider[47]
Dickey Cox  | July 12, 1939  | March 20, 2015  | Bull Rider[48]
Kenny Wilcox  | 1954  | Living  | Bull Rider[49]
John "Stormy" Gloor  | July 16, 1952  | November 16, 2019  | Bull Rider[50]
Ronnie Bowman  | 1941  | Living  | Bull Rider[51]
R.C. Bales  | 1930  | Living  | Bull Rider[52]
Rick Chatman  | May 1, 1956  | March 25, 2014  | Bull Fighter[53]
Cody Lambert | December 2, 1961  | Living  | Legend
Bernis Johnson  | September 19, 1932  | October 27, 2022  | Legend[54]
018 Cowtown  | 1978  | 1993  | Bull[55][56]

Source:[3]

## See also[edit]

* Lists of rodeo performers
* List of ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees
* Professional Bull Riders
* Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
* ProRodeo Hall of Fame
* Rodeo Hall of Fame

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