National Rodeo Hall of Fame

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.^[1] The hall of fame has the largest rodeo collection in the nation and claims to be the first rodeo hall of fame.^[2]

National Rodeo Hall of Fame

Established	1955
Location	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Type	Hall of fame
Website	Official Site

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Name	State	Year Inducted	Ref
Doff Aber	Wyoming	1966
Leon Adams	Oklahoma	2004	[3]
Ira Akers	Texas	1988 PRHS
Eddy Akridge	Nevada	1999	[4]
Joe Alexander	California	2003	[5]
Walter Alsbaugh	Colorado	2009	[6]
Jim Bob Altizer	Texas	1995	[7]
Guy Allen	Texas	2022	[8]
Jerry Ambler	Canada	1998
Dave Appleton	Texas	1988	[9]
Dave Appleton	Australia/Texas	2012
Carl Arnold	Arizona	1985
Ted Ashworth	California	2014
Bob Askin	Montana	1978
Tex Austin	New Mexico	1976
Tillie Baldwin	Connecticut	2004
Bob Barmby	California	1996
Jack Barnes	Texas	2016
Bob Barnes	Iowa	2010	[10]
Hadley Barrett	Nebraska	2008	[11]
Earl Bascom	Utah	2013	[12][13]
Ben Bates	Texas	2022	[14]
Charley Beals	Oklahoma	2010
Joe Beaver	Texas	1995	[15]
Fred Beeson	Kansas	1991
Ray Bell	California	1986
Hugh Bennett	Colorado	1977	[16]
Randy Bernard	California	2014
Ote Berry	South Dakota	2016
Ace Berry	California	2002	[17]
Lynn Beutler	Oklahoma	1988	[18]
Jake Beutler	Oklahoma	2022	[19]
John "Jiggs" Beutler	Oklahoma	2010	[20]
Elra Beutler	Oklahoma	1982	[20]
Vick Blackstone	Florida	1982
Bertha Kaepernik Blancett	Colorado	1975
Earl Blevins	Wyoming	1984 PRHS
Ken Boen	Arkansas	1991
Berenice Dossey Bolen	Idaho	1991
Ricky Bolin	Texas	2020	[21]
Paul Bond	Arizona	1992
C.R. Boucher	Montana	2001	[22]
Everett Bowman	Arizona	1955	[23]
John Bowman	California	1955	[24]
Edward Bowman	Colorado	1962
Sammy Thurman Brackenbury	California	2012	[25]
Buff Brady	California	1992
Trevor Brazile	Texas	2002
Harry Henry Brennan	Wyoming	1979	[26]
Louis Brooks	Oklahoma	1955	[27]
Bobby W. "Hooter" Brown	Texas	2020	[28]
Freckles Brown	Oklahoma	1986 PRHS	[29]
Doug Brown	Oregon	2014
Winston Bruce	Canada	2007	[30][31]
Emma "PeeWee" Burge	California	2012
Clyde Burk	Oklahoma	1966
A. H. (Hippy) Burmister	California	1995
Cuff Burrell	California	1997
Jack Buschborn	Arkansas	1998
Wanda Harper Bush	Texas	2001	[32]
Chester Byers	Texas	1969
James Bynum	Texas	1993
Lee Caldwell	Oregon	1966
Jerold Camarillo	California	2003	[33]
Leo Camarillo	California	1975	[34]
Yakima Canutt	Washington	1976
Paul Carney	Colorado	1961	[35]
Clay Carr	California	1955	[36]
J. Ellison Carroll	Texas	1976
Barton Carter	Oklahoma	2005
Joe Chase, Jr.	North Dakota	2009
Hank Christensen	Oregon	1988 PRHS	[37]
Albert "Bobbie" Christensen	Oregon	2011	[37]
Foghorn Clancy	Texas	1991
Bobby Clark	Oklahoma	1991	[38]
Gene Clark	Oklahoma	1991	[38]
Bart Clennon	Arizona	1996
Ava Colborn	Texas	1987 PRHS
Everett E. Colborn	Idaho	1981
Bennie Combs	Oklahoma	2002
Willard Combs	Oklahoma	2002
Lex Connelly	California	1987 PRHS	[39]
Edith Happy Connelly	Massachusetts	2000	[40]
Bob Cook	California	2005
Roy Cooper	Oklahoma	1983	[41]
Tuffy Cooper	New Mexico	1998
Felix Cooper	Louisiana	2001
Clay Cooper	Arizona	2016
Jimmie Cooper	New Mexico	1981
Deb Copenhaver	Washington	1991	[42]
Cecil Cornish	Oklahoma	1991	[43]
Breezy Cox	Arizona	1982
Bob Crosby	New Mexico	1966	[44]
Bob Cullison	Nebraska	2014
Andy Curtis	Oklahoma	1986 PRHS
Eddie Curtis	Oklahoma	1971
Sonny Davis	Texas	1993	[45]
Gordon Davis	California	1994
Shawn Davis	Nevada	2011	[46]
Tater Decker	Oklahoma	1992
Jo Decker	Texas	2000	[47]
Bobby DelVecchio	New York	2015
Myrtis Dightman	Texas	1997	[48]
George Doak	Texas	2001	[49]
Ross Dollarhide, Jr.	Oregon	2003
Carl Dossey	Arizona	2006
Ralph R. Doubleday	Iowa	1988
Buff Douthitt	New Mexico	2001
Wayne Dunafon	Colorado	2005
Rex Dunn	Texas	2013	[50]
Roy Duvall	Oklahoma	1988	[51]
C.L. "Buck" Echols	Texas	2015
John Edwards	Montana	2015
George Elliot	Oklahoma	2006
Verne Elliot	Colorado	1973	[52]
Junior Eskew	Oklahoma	1984
Jim Eskew	Oklahoma	1992
Bobby Estes	Texas	1991
Billy Etbauer	South Dakota	2013	[53]
Dan Etbauer	South Dakota	2013
Robert Etbauer	South Dakota	2013	[54]
John Farris	Texas	2010	[55]
Mildred Farris	Texas	2010	[55]
Bill Feddersen	Oklahoma	2013
Lewis Feild	Utah	1985	[56]
Bob Feist	California	2015
Tom Ferguson	Oklahoma	1974	[57]
George Fletcher	Oregon	2001
Kid Fletcher	Colorado	1966
Denny Flynn	Arkansas	2010	[58]
Troy C. Fort	New Mexico	1986	[59]
Pete Fredericks	North Dakota	2012
Lane Frost	Colorado	2008	[60]
Clyde Frost	Colorado	2010
Jasbo Fulkerson	Texas	2001	[61]
Floyd Gale	Oklahoma	1991
Amye Gamblin	Texas	1992
Joe Gardner	Texas	1979
Sam Garrett	California	1985
D.J. (Kajun Kidd) Gaudin	Texas	1996
Don Gay	Texas	2008	[62]
Jimmy Gibbs Munroe	Texas	2016	[63]
Marie "Ma" Gibson	Canada	2006
Gary Gist		2022	[64]
Brad Gjermundson	Nebraska	2012	[65]
Buck Goodspeed	Oklahoma	1987
Jess Goodspeed	Oklahoma	1987
Henry Grammer	Oklahoma	2000
Alice Greenough	Montana	1983
Margie (Henson) Greenough	Montana	1983
Turk Greenough	Montana	1983
Dick Griffith	Oklahoma	1984	[66]
Buddy Groff	Texas	2000
Tom Hadley	Texas	2004	[67]
Bill Hancock	Texas	1990
Sonny Hancock	New Mexico	1997
Don Happy	California	2011
Howard Harris III	Oklahoma	2005
Fox Hastings	Texas	1987
Mike Hastings	Wyoming	1974
John Hatley	New Mexico	2004
Del Haverty	Nevada	1996
Cleo OL. Hearn		2022
Richard "Tuff" Hedeman	Texas	2020	[68]
Hoyt Hefner	Texas	1987 PRHS
DeVere Helfrich	Oregon	1991
Duane Hennigh	Kansas	2000
Chuck Henson	Arizona	2009	[69]
Homer Holcomb	Idaho	1982	[70]
Marvin Holmes	Oklahoma	2014
Ethel A. (Ma) Hopkins	Arizona	1999
Jim Houston	Nebraska	2012	[71]
Duane Howard	North Dakota	2007	[72]
Mel Hyland	Canada	2006	[73][74]
C.B. Irwin	Wyoming	1975	[75]
Buster Ivory	Texas	1990	[76]
Perry Ivory	California	1998
June Ivory	Texas	2004	[77]
Ryan Jarrett	Georgia	2010
Andy Jauregui	California	1979	[78]
Clint Johnson	Texas	1999	[79]
Ben Johnson	Oklahoma	1961
Bernis Johnson	Texas	2005
Sherry Johnson Combs	Oklahoma	2005
Cecil Jones	California	1997	[80]
John W. Jones	California	2000	[81]
Martha Josey	Texas	2011
John Justin, Jr.	Texas	2003	[82]
Larry Kane	Montana	2010
Reg Kesler	Texas	2009	[83][84]
The Kirbys	Texas	2020	[85]
Tommy Kirnan	New Jersey	1977
Harry Knight	Canada	1985	[86][87]
Pete Knight	Canada	1958	[88][89]
Cody Lambert	New Mexico	2020	[90]
Mel Lambert	Oregon	1998	[91]
Chris LeDoux	Wyoming	2006	[92]
Abe Lefton	California	1990
C.O. (Dogtown Slim) Leuschner	Texas	1996
G.K. Lewallen	Texas	1994
Roy Lewis	Nebraska	2011
Jim Like	Colorado	1993
Herman Linder	Canada	1980	[93]
Bud Linderman	Montana	1987 PRHS
Walt Linderman	Montana	2016
Bill Linderman	Montana	1966	[94]
John Lindsey	Texas	1986
Howard "Sonny" Linger	Montana	2011	[95]
Pete Logan	Montana	1991	[96]
Hughie Long	Canada	1984	[97]
Fred Lowry	Oklahoma	1987
Buck Lucas	Nebraska	2002
Tad Barnes Lucas	Texas	1968	[98]
Tommy Lucia	Texas	2015	[99]
Chris Lybbert	California	1982	[100]
Phil Lyne	Texas	1971	[101]
Ronald "Buddy" Lytle	Mississippi	2010	[102]
James "Russ" Madison, Jr.	South Dakota	2012
Charles Maggini	California	2003	[103]
Larry Mahan	Oregon	1966	[104]
Toots Mansfield	Texas	1981	[105]
Bill Martinelli	California	2014
Harley May	California	1988 PRHS	[106]
Don Mayo	Iowa	2002
John McBeth	Kansas	2013	[107]
Bonnie McCarroll	Idaho	2002
Frank McCarroll	Minnesota	2007
Eddie McCarty	Wyoming	1970
Jake McClure	New Mexico	1955	[108]
Howard McCrory	South Dakota	1984 PRHS
John Wesley McEntire	Oklahoma	1984
Clark McEntire	Oklahoma	1988	[109]
Vera McGinnis	California	1985
Rusty McGinty	Texas	1995
Clay McGonagill	New Mexico	1975
Gene McLaughlin	Pennsylvania	2013
Don McLaughlin	Colorado	1990
Kenny McLean	Canada	2005	[110]
Bill McMacken	South Dakota	2012
Clem McSpadden	Oklahoma	1989	[111]
Junior Meek	Texas	2001	[49]
Richard Merchant	Arizona	1983
King Merritt	Wyoming	1977
Clyde S. Miller	Iowa	2002
John Miller	Arizona	2009	[112]
George Mills	Colorado	1987 PRHS	[113]
Montie Montana	California	1989	[114]
Dan Mortensen	Montana	1997	[115]
Dixie Lee Reger Mosley	Oklahoma	2003
Lucille Mulhall	Oklahoma	1975
Burel Mulkey	Idaho	1955	[116]
Johnnie Mullens	Arizona	1975
Dan "Bud" Munroe	Montana	2016	[117]
Leo Murray	Oklahoma	1986
Ty Murray	Texas	1989	[118]
Alvin Nelson	South Dakota	2006	[119]
Pauline Nesbitt	Oklahoma	1999
Don Nesbitt	Arizona	1955
Tom Nesmith	Oklahoma	1962	[120]
Cody Ohl	Texas	2001
Dean Oliver	Idaho	1963	[121]
Jerry Olson	South Dakota	2015	[122]
Vicente Oropeza	Mexico	1975
Bud Parker	Texas	2015
Chuck Parkison	California	2008	[123]
George Paul	Texas	2007	[124]
Wick Peth	Washington	2016	[125]
Homer Pettigrew	New Mexico	1955	[126]
Slim Pickens	California	1986 PRHS	[127]
Dee Pickett	Idaho	1984	[128]
Bill Pickett	Oklahoma	1972	[129]
B.J. Pierce	New Mexico	2015
Wilbur Plaugher	California	2007
Willard H. Porter	Florida	1991	[130]
T.B. Porter	Louisiana	2015
Mel Potter	Arizona	2005
Booger Red Privett	Texas	1975
Gene Pruett	Idaho	1980	[131]
Ikua Purdy	Hawaii	1999
John Quintana	Idaho	2013	[132]
Bob Ragsdale	Montana	2003	[133]
Gene Rambo	California	1955	[134]
Glenn Randall	California	1989	[135]
Florence Hughes Fenton Randolph	Oklahoma	1968
Tom Reeves	Nebraska	2022	[136]
Dennis Reiners	Arizona	2014
Benny Reynolds	Montana	1961	[137]
John Rhodes	Arizona	1973	[138]
Thomas Rhodes	Arizona	1981	[139]
Nowata Slim Richardson	Oklahoma	1981
Lanham Riley	Texas	1993
Mitzi Lucas Riley	Texas	1995
Doyle Riley	Texas	1998
Ruth Scantlin Roach	Texas	1989
Coke T. Roberds	Colorado	1964
Emmett C. Roberts	Kansas	1984 PRHS
Gerald Roberts	Kansas	1955	[140]
Ken Roberts	Kansas	1980	[141]
Bob Robinson	AB, Canada	2014	[142]
Jerome Robinson	Nebraska	2020	[143]
Lee Robinson	Texas	1967
Jack Roddy	California	1997	[144]
Rufus Rollens	Oklahoma	1988
Gene Ross	Oklahoma	1986	[145]
Horton Alexander "Cotton" Rosser	California	2009	[146]
Harry Rowell	California	1985
Maggie Rowell	California	1985
Ike Rude	Oklahoma	1974	[147]
Buck Rutherford	Oklahoma	1955	[148]
Paddy Ryan	Montana	1978
Juan Salinas	Texas	1991
Charlie Sampson	California	2008	[149]
Fern Sawyer	New Mexico	1991
Asbury Schell	Arizona	2003	[150]
Frank Schneider	California	1994	[151]
Johnie Scheider	California	1955	[152]
Jimmy Schumacher	Arizona	2002	[153]
Pat Scudder	Oklahoma	2002
Ronnye Sewalt	Texas	2003
Everett Shaw	Oklahoma	1980	[154]
Reine Hafley Shelton	Texas	1991
Dick Shelton	Texas	1975
Chuck Sheppard	Arizona	1985	[155]
Nancy Kelley Sheppard	Arizona	1996	[156]
Lynn Sheppard	Arizona	2004
Jim Shoulders	Oklahoma	1955	[157]
Charley Shultz	Oklahoma	1999
Tex Slocum	Texas	2004
Rob Smets	California	2019
Frances Smith	Texas	2014
Dale D. Smith	Arizona	1995	[158]
Bill Smith	Montana	2000	[159]
Velda Tindall Smith	Texas	2005
Vernon "Dude" Smith, Jr.	Texas	2006
Jim W. Snively	Oklahoma	1998	[160]
Smokey Snyder	Canada	1977	[161]
Doc Sorensen	Idaho	1988 PRHS	[162]
Buckshot Sorrels	Arizona	1990
Thad Sowder	Colorado	1960
Jesse Stahl	California	1979
Fannie Sperry Steele	Montana	1975
Bobby Steiner	Texas		[163]
Buck Steiner	Texas	1993
Sid Steiner	Texas		[164]
Tommy Steiner	Texas	1995	[165]
Floyd Stillings	California	1987
J.W. Stoker	Texas	1999	[166]
Hugh Strickland	Idaho	1968
Mabel DeLong Strickland	Washington	1981
Leonard Stroud	Colorado	1965
Jackson Sundown	Idaho	1976
Cy Taillon	Montana	1986 PRHS	[167]
Bob Tallman	Texas	2007
Dan Taylor	Texas	2006
Howard Tegland	South Dakota	1991
Jim Tescher	North Dakota	2004
Tom Tescher	North Dakota	2009
Earl Ernest Thode	South Dakota	1955	[168]
Claire Belcher Thompson	Texas	2008
Casey Tibbs	South Dakota	1955	[169]
Paul Tierney	South Dakota	1980	[170]
Homer Todd	Arkansas	1991
Harry Tompkins	Texas	1955	[171]
C.E. Tooke	Montana	2008
Lorena Trickey	Oregon	2000
Fritz Truan	California	1961	[172]
Dick Truitt	Oklahoma	1983
Harley Tucker	Oregon	1997
Sonny Tureman	Oregon	2000	[173]
Clyde Vamvoras	Louisiana	2007	[174]
C. Monroe Veach	Missouri	1993
Harry Vold	Colorado	2009	[175][176]
Enoch Walker	Wyoming	1988 PRHS	[177]
William "Bill" Ward	California	2001
Leonard Ward	Oregon	1955	[178]
Guy Weadick	Canada	1975	[179]
Shoat Webster	Oklahoma	1990	[180]
Guy Weeks	Texas	1992	[181]
Billy Weeks	Texas	1998
Joe Welch	New Mexico	1988
Everett (Slim) Whaley	Oklahoma	1986
Ray Wharton	Texas	1994
Todd Whatley	Oklahoma	1955	[182]
Vivian White	Oklahoma	1991
Hub Whiteman	Texas	1983
Jim Whiteman	Texas	1988 PRHS
Fred Whitfield	Texas	2000	[183]
Don Wilcox	Oklahoma	1994
George Williams	Arizona	2008
Nancy Bragg Witmer	Kansas	1999
Marty Wood	Canada	2008	[184][185]
Walt Woodard	California	2010
Tee Woolman	Texas	2022	[186]
Sonny Worrell	Kansas	1994
Phil Yoder	Wyoming	1987
Rick Young	Louisiana	2004
Florence Price Youree	Oklahoma	2009	[187]
Oral Harris Zumwalt	Montana	1963

See also

• Category:People of the American Old West
• Hall of Great Western Performers
• Hall of Great Westerners