The National Rodeo Hall of Fame was established by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1955. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., the Hall was created to celebrate the contributions of cowboys and cowgirls from around the world. The hall is a tribute to the most notable rodeo performers, who established the path for today's champions. The hall of fame has the largest rodeo collection in the nation and claims to be the first rodeo hall of fame.
Inductees include competitors from the main rodeo events such as bull riding, bronc riding, barrel racing, steer wrestling, tie-down roping, steer roping, and team roping. Other events may be included.
Members of the National Rodeo Hall of Fame The following are National Rodeo Hall of Fame member inductees, followed by their state, birth, death, and year inducted.
+NameStateYear InductedRef Wyoming1966 Oklahoma2004 Texas1988 PRHS Nevada1999 California2003 Colorado2009 Texas1995Guy AllenTexas2022 Canada1998 Texas1988 Australia/Texas2012 Arizona1985 California2014 Montana1978 New Mexico1976 Connecticut2004 California1996 Texas2016 Iowa2010 Nebraska2008 Utah2013 Texas2022 Oklahoma2010 Texas1995 Kansas1991 California1986 Colorado1977 California2014 South Dakota2016 California2002 Oklahoma1988 Oklahoma2022 Oklahoma2010 Oklahoma1982 Florida1982 Colorado1975 Wyoming1984 PRHS Arkansas1991 Idaho1991Ricky BolinTexas2020 Arizona1992 Montana2001 Arizona1955 California1955 Colorado1962 California2012 California1992 Texas2002 Wyoming1979 Oklahoma1955Bobby W. "Hooter" BrownTexas2020 Oklahoma1986 PRHS Oregon2014 Canada2007 California2012 Oklahoma1966 California1995 California1997 Arkansas1998 Texas2001 Texas1969 Texas1993 Oregon1966Jerold CamarilloCalifornia2003Leo CamarilloCalifornia1975Yakima CanuttWashington1976Paul CarneyColorado1961Clay CarrCalifornia1955J. Ellison CarrollTexas1976Barton CarterOklahoma2005Joe Chase, Jr.North Dakota2009Hank ChristensenOregon1988 PRHSAlbert "Bobbie" ChristensenOregon2011Foghorn ClancyTexas1991Bobby ClarkOklahoma1991Gene ClarkOklahoma1991Bart ClennonArizona1996Ava ColbornTexas1987 PRHSEverett E. ColbornIdaho1981Bennie CombsOklahoma2002Willard CombsOklahoma2002Lex ConnellyCalifornia1987 PRHSEdith Happy ConnellyMassachusetts2000Bob CookCalifornia2005Roy CooperOklahoma1983Tuffy CooperNew Mexico1998Felix CooperLouisiana2001Clay CooperArizona2016Jimmie CooperNew Mexico1981Deb CopenhaverWashington1991Cecil CornishOklahoma1991Breezy CoxArizona1982Bob CrosbyNew Mexico1966Bob CullisonNebraska2014Andy CurtisOklahoma1986 PRHSEddie CurtisOklahoma1971Sonny DavisTexas1993Gordon DavisCalifornia1994Shawn DavisNevada2011Tater DeckerOklahoma1992Jo DeckerTexas2000Bobby DelVecchioNew York2015Myrtis DightmanTexas1997George DoakTexas2001Ross Dollarhide, Jr.Oregon2003Carl DosseyArizona2006Ralph R. DoubledayIowa1988Buff DouthittNew Mexico2001Wayne DunafonColorado2005Rex DunnTexas2013Roy DuvallOklahoma1988 Texas2015John EdwardsMontana2015George ElliotOklahoma2006Verne ElliotColorado1973Junior EskewOklahoma1984Jim EskewOklahoma1992Bobby EstesTexas1991Billy EtbauerSouth Dakota2013Dan EtbauerSouth Dakota2013Robert EtbauerSouth Dakota2013John FarrisTexas2010Mildred FarrisTexas2010Bill FeddersenOklahoma2013Lewis FeildUtah1985Bob FeistCalifornia2015Tom FergusonOklahoma1974George FletcherOregon2001Kid FletcherColorado1966Denny FlynnArkansas2010Troy C. FortNew Mexico1986Pete FredericksNorth Dakota2012Lane FrostColorado2008Clyde FrostColorado2010Jasbo FulkersonTexas2001Floyd GaleOklahoma1991Amye GamblinTexas1992Joe GardnerTexas1979Sam GarrettCalifornia1985D.J. (Kajun Kidd) GaudinTexas1996Don GayTexas2008Jimmy Gibbs MunroeTexas2016Marie "Ma" GibsonCanada2006 2022Brad GjermundsonNebraska2012Buck GoodspeedOklahoma1987Jess GoodspeedOklahoma1987Henry GrammerOklahoma2000Alice GreenoughMontana1983Margie (Henson) GreenoughMontana1983Turk GreenoughMontana1983Dick GriffithOklahoma1984Buddy GroffTexas2000Tom HadleyTexas2004Bill HancockTexas1990Sonny HancockNew Mexico1997Don HappyCalifornia2011Howard Harris IIIOklahoma2005Fox HastingsTexas1987Mike HastingsWyoming1974John HatleyNew Mexico2004Del HavertyNevada1996 2022Richard "Tuff" HedemanTexas2020Hoyt HefnerTexas1987 PRHSDeVere HelfrichOregon1991Duane HennighKansas2000Chuck HensonArizona2009Homer HolcombIdaho1982Marvin HolmesOklahoma2014Ethel A. (Ma) HopkinsArizona1999Jim HoustonNebraska2012Duane HowardNorth Dakota2007Mel HylandCanada2006C.B. IrwinWyoming1975Buster IvoryTexas1990Perry IvoryCalifornia1998June IvoryTexas2004Ryan JarrettGeorgia2010Andy JaureguiCalifornia1979Clint JohnsonTexas1999Ben JohnsonOklahoma1961Bernis JohnsonTexas2005Sherry Johnson CombsOklahoma2005Cecil JonesCalifornia1997John W. JonesCalifornia2000Martha JoseyTexas2011John Justin, Jr.Texas2003Larry KaneMontana2010Reg KeslerTexas2009The KirbysTexas2020Tommy KirnanNew Jersey1977Harry KnightCanada1985Pete KnightCanada1958Cody LambertNew Mexico2020Mel LambertOregon1998Chris LeDouxWyoming2006Abe LeftonCalifornia1990C.O. (Dogtown Slim) LeuschnerTexas1996G.K. LewallenTexas1994Roy LewisNebraska2011Jim LikeColorado1993Herman LinderCanada1980Bud LindermanMontana1987 PRHSWalt LindermanMontana2016Bill LindermanMontana1966John LindseyTexas1986Howard "Sonny" LingerMontana2011Pete LoganMontana1991Hughie LongCanada1984Fred LowryOklahoma1987Buck LucasNebraska2002Tad Barnes LucasTexas1968Tommy LuciaTexas2015Chris LybbertCalifornia1982Phil LyneTexas1971Ronald "Buddy" LytleMississippi2010James "Russ" Madison, Jr.South Dakota2012Charles MagginiCalifornia2003Larry MahanOregon1966Toots MansfieldTexas1981Bill MartinelliCalifornia2014Harley MayCalifornia1988 PRHSDon MayoIowa2002John McBethKansas2013Bonnie McCarrollIdaho2002Frank McCarrollMinnesota2007Eddie McCartyWyoming1970Jake McClureNew Mexico1955Howard McCrorySouth Dakota1984 PRHSJohn Wesley McEntireOklahoma1984Clark McEntireOklahoma1988Vera McGinnisCalifornia1985Rusty McGintyTexas1995Clay McGonagillNew Mexico1975Gene McLaughlinPennsylvania2013Don McLaughlinColorado1990Kenny McLeanCanada2005Bill McMackenSouth Dakota2012Clem McSpaddenOklahoma1989Junior MeekTexas2001Richard MerchantArizona1983King MerrittWyoming1977Clyde S. MillerIowa2002John MillerArizona2009George MillsColorado1987 PRHSMontie MontanaCalifornia1989Dan MortensenMontana1997Dixie Lee Reger MosleyOklahoma2003Lucille MulhallOklahoma1975Burel MulkeyIdaho1955Johnnie MullensArizona1975Dan "Bud" MunroeMontana2016Leo MurrayOklahoma1986Ty MurrayTexas1989Alvin NelsonSouth Dakota2006Pauline NesbittOklahoma1999Don NesbittArizona1955Tom NesmithOklahoma1962Cody OhlTexas2001Dean OliverIdaho1963Jerry OlsonSouth Dakota2015Vicente OropezaMexico1975Bud ParkerTexas2015Chuck ParkisonCalifornia2008George PaulTexas2007Wick PethWashington2016Homer PettigrewNew Mexico1955Slim PickensCalifornia1986 PRHSDee PickettIdaho1984Bill PickettOklahoma1972B.J. PierceNew Mexico2015Wilbur PlaugherCalifornia2007Willard H. PorterFlorida1991T. B. PorterLouisiana2015Mel PotterArizona2005Booger Red PrivettTexas1975Gene PruettIdaho1980Ikua PurdyHawaii1999John QuintanaIdaho2013Bob RagsdaleMontana2003Gene RamboCalifornia1955Glenn RandallCalifornia1989Florence Hughes Fenton RandolphOklahoma1968Tom ReevesNebraska2022Dennis ReinersArizona2014Benny ReynoldsMontana1961John RhodesArizona1973Thomas RhodesArizona1981Nowata Slim RichardsonOklahoma1981Lanham RileyTexas1993Mitzi Lucas RileyTexas1995Doyle RileyTexas1998Ruth Scantlin RoachTexas1989Coke T. RoberdsColorado1964Emmett C. RobertsKansas1984 PRHSGerald RobertsKansas1955Ken RobertsKansas1980Bob RobinsonAB, Canada2014Jerome RobinsonNebraska2020Lee RobinsonTexas1967Jack RoddyCalifornia1997Rufus RollensOklahoma1988Gene RossOklahoma1986Horton Alexander "Cotton" RosserCalifornia2009Harry RowellCalifornia1985Maggie RowellCalifornia1985Ike RudeOklahoma1974Buck RutherfordOklahoma1955Paddy RyanMontana1978Juan SalinasTexas1991Charlie SampsonCalifornia2008Fern SawyerNew Mexico1991Asbury SchellArizona2003Frank SchneiderCalifornia1994Johnie ScheiderCalifornia1955Jimmy SchumacherArizona2002Pat ScudderOklahoma2002Ronnye SewaltTexas2003Everett ShawOklahoma1980Reine Hafley SheltonTexas1991Dick SheltonTexas1975Chuck SheppardArizona1985Nancy Kelley SheppardArizona1996Lynn SheppardArizona2004Jim ShouldersOklahoma1955Charley ShultzOklahoma1999Tex SlocumTexas2004Rob SmetsCalifornia2019Frances SmithTexas2014Dale D. SmithArizona1995Bill SmithMontana2000Velda Tindall SmithTexas2005Vernon "Dude" Smith, Jr.Texas2006Jim W. SnivelyOklahoma1998Smokey SnyderCanada1977Doc SorensenIdaho1988 PRHSBuckshot SorrelsArizona1990Thad SowderColorado1960Jesse StahlCalifornia1979Fannie Sperry SteeleMontana1975Bobby SteinerTexasBuck SteinerTexas1993Sid SteinerTexasTommy SteinerTexas1995Floyd StillingsCalifornia1987J.W. StokerTexas1999Hugh StricklandIdaho1968Mabel DeLong StricklandWashington1981Leonard StroudColorado1965Jackson SundownIdaho1976Cy TaillonMontana1986 PRHSBob TallmanTexas2007Dan TaylorTexas2006Howard TeglandSouth Dakota1991Jim TescherNorth Dakota2004Tom TescherNorth Dakota2009Earl Ernest ThodeSouth Dakota1955Claire Belcher ThompsonTexas2008Casey TibbsSouth Dakota1955Paul TierneySouth Dakota1980Homer ToddArkansas1991Harry TompkinsTexas1955C.E. TookeMontana2008Lorena TrickeyOregon2000Fritz TruanCalifornia1961Dick TruittOklahoma1983Harley TuckerOregon1997Sonny TuremanOregon2000Clyde VamvorasLouisiana2007C. Monroe VeachMissouri1993Harry VoldColorado2009Enoch WalkerWyoming1988 PRHSWilliam "Bill" WardCalifornia2001Leonard WardOregon1955Guy WeadickCanada1975Shoat WebsterOklahoma1990Guy WeeksTexas1992Billy WeeksTexas1998Joe WelchNew Mexico1988Everett (Slim) WhaleyOklahoma1986Ray WhartonTexas1994Todd WhatleyOklahoma1955Vivian WhiteOklahoma1991Hub WhitemanTexas1983Jim WhitemanTexas1988 PRHSFred WhitfieldTexas2000Don WilcoxOklahoma1994George WilliamsArizona2008Nancy Bragg WitmerKansas1999Marty WoodCanada2008Walt WoodardCalifornia2010Tee WoolmanTexas2022Sonny WorrellKansas1994Phil YoderWyoming1987Rick YoungLouisiana2004Florence Price YoureeOklahoma2009Oral Harris ZumwaltMontana1963
See also :Category:People of the American Old West Hall of Great Western Performers Hall of Great Westerners
References
External links Official website National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum