ProRodeo Hall of Fame
ProRodeo Hall of Fame
2024 ProRodeo Hall of Fame Class Announced
2024 ProRodeo Hall of Fame Class Announced By Ann Bleiker COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – The Solar Eclipse was not the only big news of the day as the Class of 2024 ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees were announced on Monday, April 8 marking the 45th annual induction. A...
2022 ProRodeo Hall of Fame Class Announced
2022 ProRodeo Hall of Fame Class Announced By Ann Bleiker COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Class of 2022 ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees were announced on Tuesday, April 12 and will mark the 43rd annual induction. A total of 11 will be inducted including two...
2023 ProRodeo Hall of Fame Class Announced
2023 ProRodeo Hall of Fame Class Announced By Ann Bleiker COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - The Class of 2023 ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees were announced on Monday, March 27 and will mark the 44th annual induction. A total of 11 will be inducted including two...
ProRodeo Hall of Fame Nomination Form
Nomination FormNomination FormNominate Your Rodeo Hero By WPRA Office 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, Colo. In 2017, WPRA members and...
WPRA INDUCTEES
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Jeana Day Inducted in ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Jeana Day2024 InducteeJeana Day WPRA Barrel Racing — Inducted 2024 By Ann Bleiker Jeana Day of Woodward, Oklahoma, etched her name in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) history books winning the barrel racing world title in 1974. A six-time NFR...
Marlene Eddleman McRae Inducted in ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Marlene EddlemanMcRae2024 InducteeMarlene Eddleman McRae WPRA Barrel Racing — Inducted 2024 By Ann Bleiker Marlene Eddleman McRae grew up in Ordway, Colorado, wanting to be a cowgirl. Her parents, Carl and Elma Schiffer, were busy building their ranching, farming and...
Sherry (Combs) Johnson Inducted in ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Sherry (Combs)Johnson2023 InducteeSherry (Combs) JohnsonWPRA Barrel Racing — Inducted 2023 By Ann Bleiker Sherry (Combs) Johnson completed the family trifecta in 2023 when she joined the hallowed halls alongside her world champion horse Star Plaudit “Red,” who earned...
Marlene Eddleman McRae Inducted in ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Marlene EddlemanMcRae2024 InducteeMarlene Eddleman McRae WPRA Barrel Racing — Inducted 2024 By Ann Bleiker Marlene Eddleman McRae grew up in Ordway, Colorado, wanting to be a cowgirl. Her parents, Carl and Elma Schiffer, were busy building their ranching, farming and...
Sherry (Combs) Johnson Inducted in ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Sherry (Combs)Johnson2023 InducteeSherry (Combs) JohnsonWPRA Barrel Racing — Inducted 2023 By Ann Bleiker Sherry (Combs) Johnson completed the family trifecta in 2023 when she joined the hallowed halls alongside her world champion horse Star Plaudit “Red,” who earned...
Fay Ann Horton Leach Inducted in ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Fay Ann Horton Leach2023 Notable InducteeFay Ann Horton Leach WPRA Barrel Racing — Notable Inductee 2023 By Ann Bleiker Fay Ann Horton Leach led the Girls Rodeo Association (GRA-now WPRA) as a founding member, competitor and board member. One of the 38 women who met...
French Flash Hawk “Bozo” Inducted into ProRodeo Hall of Fame
French Flash Hawk “Bozo”2018 InducteeFrench Flash Hawk “Bozo” Inducted into ProRodeo Hall of Fame By Jolee Jordan With his big blazed face, French Flash Hawk, known as Bozo, was one of the most recognized athletes in pro rodeo in his time, a champion in the arena who...
Star Plaudit “Red” A Horse Like No Other
Star Plaudit "Red"2017 InducteeTwo World Championships in two separate events in 1962 achieved by a horse named Red By Jolee Jordan Star Plaudit holds a very unique record in the world of professional rodeo, one that is not likely to ever be duplicated. The bay...
Gills Bay Boy “Scamper” Inducted in ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Gills Bay Boy“Scamper”Gills Bay Boy“Scamper”1996 InducteeGills Bay Boy “Scamper” Inducted 1996 By Ann Bleiker The name is an apt description of the legendary barrel horse whose AQHA name is Gills Bay Boy. Purchased for $1,000 by owner/rider Charmayne James, Scamper...
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