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Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame
Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame Logo File.jpg
Established 1975
Location Stockyards Championship Rodeo, 121 E. Exchange Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76164
Type Hall of fame

The Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame is a museum and hall of fame in Fort Worth, Texas, dedicated to the sport of rodeo.

History

This hall of fame was founded by Johnny Boren. Also contributing to the foundation were a group of Belton, Texas, businessmen. At the time of the foundation, Boren was the manager of the Lone Star Circuit of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Boren was also a businessman and former bull rider. He founded the Old Timers Rodeo Association. They first located the hall of fame in several businesses in Belton lastly moving to the Bell County Expo Center. Eventually, they moved the hall back to its birthplace, about a block from the Ford dealership where it was created.

Organization

The Hall of Fame is currently housed in the Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District. There is a display of over 300 pictures and biographies on the walls for the current inductees, who are Texas rodeo cowboys, cowgirls, organizations, and livestock. The hall of fame's goal is to preserve the history and tradition of the cowboy and cowgirl. Individuals are inducted annually. World champions are inducted of course, but also less familiar individuals. More than 500,000 people visit the hall annually. New programs recently added to the hall include the Promoting the Future program with a scholarship for high school individuals to help them attend college and the Horizon Honoree program to recognize exceptional high school and college rodeo performers.

Induction

An induction ceremony takes place each year, usually on the first Saturday in April, at River Ranch in the Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District. The weekend also includes a golf tournament on Thursday, and a Rodeo Reunion gathering and unveiling of plaques at Cowtown Coliseum on Friday afternoon. In 2005, the Hall of Fame inducted as members the former rodeo performer and promoter Dan Taylor of Doole, and his wife, Berva.

Hall of Fame Inductees

Event Type Individual Name/Place Name/Owner Location Year Refs
1-Event Cowtown Coliseum - Hub Baker 2011
1-Event Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo 2015
1-Event Gladewater Rodeo Committee 2008
1-Event Houston Rodeo 2013
1-Event Killeen Rodeo Association 2006
1-Event Pioneer Association Clay County 2002
1-Event San Angelo Roping Fiesta 2010
1-Event San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo - Keith Martin 2011
1-Event Santa Rosa Palomino Club 2012
1-Event Tarleton State University 1967 Men's Rodeo Team 2017
1-Event Tarleton State Women's Team, National Champions, 1969-70-71 2020
1-Event Texas Cowboy Reunion 2019
1-Event West Texas Fair & Rodeo Abilene 2009
1-Event Windy Ryon Memorial Roping 2016
2-Animal Livestock "Bodacious" owned by Andrews Rodeo Company 2020
2-Animal Livestock "Brown" owned by Bubba and Deb Manon 2012
2-Animal Livestock "Brownie" 2017
2-Animal Livestock "Cebe Reed" owned by Martha Josey 2019
2-Animal Livestock "Jocko" Free Malone owned by Lloyd and Kathy Hodges 2020
2-Animal Livestock "King Surgeon" 2017
2-Animal Livestock "Matilda" owned by Leon Coffee 2013
2-Animal Livestock "Pearl", Big Smokin' Wonder 2016
2-Animal Livestock "Red" Star Plaudit 2015
2-Animal Livestock "V61" owned by Bill Minick 2012
2-Animal Livestock "War Wagon" owned by Marvin Cantrell 2019
2-Animal Livestock "Whitt" owned by Butch Stoneman 2014
2-Animal Livestock "Zombie A" owned by Billie McBride 2013
Gerald Abbot 2001
Johnny Ackel 2003
Jan Hogg Ratjen Acola 2008
Logan Adams 2011
Merrill Adams-Ellis 2012
Ira Akers 1999
Eddy Akridge 2002
J. R. Akridge 2002
Grady Allen 2002
Guy Allen 2009
Kirk Allmon 2015
Tommy Alston 2000
Jim Bob Altizer 2003
Mack Altizer 2011
Sherry Ingam-Altizer 2013
Jimmy Anderson 2007
Burr D. Andrews 2006
Sammy Andrews 2008
Gold Card Roy Angermiller 2020
Bo Ashorn 2011
Men Contestants Matt Austin 2020
Gene Autry 2013
Angie Watts Averhoff 2014
Russ Baize 2016
Mark Baker 2008
R. C. "Granny" Bales 2003
Mike Bandy 2007
Moe Bandy 2007
Dudley Barker Jr. 2001
Curtis Barron 1983
Darrell Barron 2008
N.E. "Peanut" Barron 1998
Bobby Joe Bartley 2000
Pearl Jenkins Bartley 2007
Bill Barton 1998
Leon Bauerie 2003
Ernest Beakley 2007
Kenneth Beasley 2001
Johnny Boren Award Andra Beatty 2020
Joe Beaver 2003
Rex Beck 2007
Johnny Boren Award The Belton Ladies 2019
John H. "Sonny" Berry 1996
Glen Bird 2010
Bob "BB" Bird 2011
John William "Twiggy" Bland 2011
R.L. Bland 2011
Rex Bland 2009
Rosemary Bland 2009
Steve Bland 2009
Bob Blandford 2010
Kay Blandford 2014
Butch Bode 2014
Ricky Bolin 2011
Bobby Booth 2000
Clinton Booth 1976
Eddie Boren 1995
Johnny Boren 1997
C.R. Boucher 2016
Bert Bounds 2009
Ed Bourquin 1995
David Bowden 2015
Robert "Muscles" Boyd 1999
Rick Bradley 2014
Jack B. (J.B.) Bradshaw 2016
Leo Brannan 2008
Jack Bridges Jr. 1981
Gayle Brittain 2010
Dave Brock 2009
Jeana Brooks 2011
Men Contestants Jon Brockway 2019
Beck Bland Brown 2011
Bobby "Hooter" Brown 2003
George & Beulah Brown 1997
Weldon Burgoon 2010
Jack Burkholder 2009
Curtis Burlin 2001
Shelly Burmeister-Mowery 2015
David Burnham 2012
John Burrus 2007
Women Contestants Shanna Bush 2019
Wanda Bush 2002
Ferrell Butler 2003
James "Big Jim" Bynum 1997
Eddie Caldwell 1997
Jim Calvert 1997
Ed Cameron 2001
Ricky Canton 2014
Marvin Cantrell 2009
Lawrence Carey 2002
Roy Carter 2014
Wacey Cathey 2002
Empty Saddles James R. Cavender 2019
Maurice Champion 2001
Harold J. "Snuffy" Chancellor 2005
Keith Chapman 2012
Terry Chapman 2007
Rick "The Bumble Bee" Chapman 2014
Bo Chesson 2001
Hal Thomas Churchill 2011
Men Contestant Derek C. Clark 2019
John B. Clark 2003
Rowland Clark 2011
Vicki Taylor Cleveland 2011
Dan O. Coates 2005
Jerry L. Cobie 2003
Doyle Cobier 2001
Gene O. "Buddy" Cockrell 2014
Lawrence Coffee 2016
Leon Coffee 2004
Everett E. Colborn 1977
Chili Cole 1998
Ed Cole 2004
Neil Collier 2001
Ron Conaster 2015
Gerald Conner 2003
Sarge Cook 2003
Roy Cooper 2010
Dan Courier 2012
Corley Cox 2016
Dickie Cox 1997
Jackie Bob Cox 2013
James Alfred Cox 2003
A.T. "Tony" Crainer 2003
Allen B. Crainer 1998
Bob Crill 2011
J.G. Crouch 2006
Bill Crowder 2013
Dr. Andrew Currie 2012
Governor Bill Daniel 2003
"Smokey" Joe F. Davis 2009
Alvin Davis 2009
Joe Davis 2001
Larry Dawson 2013
Carl Deaton 2010
Jo Decker 2003
Bobby Delvecchio 2011
Billy Joe Deussen 2000
Lt. Governor David Dewhurst 2009
Myrtis Dightman 2001
Monk Dishman 2015
George Doak 2002
Quail Dobbs 2000
Gold Card Chuck Doebbler 2019
Men Contestants Royd Doyal 2020
Austin Doolittle 1975
Glenn Dorn 2003
Pat Doyal 2007
Red Doyal 2017
Skipper Driver 2016
Betty Barron Dusek 2010
Buck Eckols 2001
Diltzie Bland Edmondson 2011
Johnny Kirk Edmondson 2014
Sunny Edwards 2011
Buran Elliot 1998
Jack Elliot 2000
Cecil Ellis 1997
Merrill Adams Ellis 2012
Johnny Boren Award Wanie Ellis 2019
Chick Elms 1996
Clarence Monroe "Monte" Elms 2005
David Elms 2004
Johnny Emmons 2014
Don Endsley 2011
Bobby & Marianne Estes 1998
Billie Ann Evans 2007
JW "Bub" Evans 2004
Sig Faircloth 1981
Mildred Farris & John Farris 2004
Tom Feller 2015
C.D. Ferguson 1998
C.L. "Buck" Ferguson 2001
Larry Ferguson 2013
Dan Fisher 2017
Ralph Fisher 2009
Men Contestants Leonard Fluitt 2020
Lane Foltyn 2016
Empty Saddles Billy Charles Ford 2019
Todd Fox 2003
Western Heritage Beckie Frazier 2020
Dr. Tandy Freeman 2008
Empty Saddles Jasbo Fulkerson 2020
Amye Gamblin 1978
Men Contestants Tutt Garnett 2019
Debbie Garrison 2017
Joe Gaskin 2010
John Gass 2016
Norman Gatlin 2000
Dan A. Gattis 2010
D.J. "Kajun Kidd" Gaudin 1998
Don Gay 2007
Jim Gay 2007
Neal & Kay Gay 2007
Pete Gay 2007
Bill George 1999
Jimmie George 2008
A.L. "Duke" Gibbs 2005
L.G. Gibbs 1977
Derrell Gilfillan 2003
Hollis & Wana Gilfillan 2001
George Glascock 1980
John Gloor 2015
W.R. "Dude" Goodrum 2001
Colby Jay Goodwin 2017
C.L. "Bubba" Goudeau 2000
Charlie Graham 1999
Don Graham 2006
Dr. Charles Graham 2008
Dwight Graham 1999
Gene Graham 2011
Calvin Norris Greely Jr. 2016
Keith Greene 2004
Freddy Lynn "Gomer" Greer 2005
Greg "Goose" 2016
Dick Griffith 2015
Spicer Gripp 2009
Buddy Groff 1981
Sammie Groves 2011
Melton "Sugar" Grunwald 2009
Warren Gunn 2001
Tony Guyn 1996
Tony Gale Haberer 2005
Tom Hadley 1997
Women Contestants Trina Powers Hadley 2020
Taylor "Prairie Kid" Hall Jr. 2001
Women Contestants Vannie Halliday 2020
Jim Haltom 2000
J.J. Hamptom 2009
Donna Fay Hinson Hanks 2006
Dr. T.K. Hardy DVM 2015
Miles Hare 2008
Frank Harris 2001
Leslie Harrison 2008
Delbert Hataway 2002
John Hatley 1998
Men Contestants J. Pete Hawkins 2020
Jackie Flowers Hayden 1997
Richard "Tuff" Hedeman 2010
Gary "Roach" Hedeman 2014
John Henry 1975
Ken Henry 2010
M.H. Henry 2004
Monty "Hawkeye" Henson 2004
Clyde Hebert 2001
Women Contestants Tami Noble Herbert 2019
Holt Hickman 2015
Cecil Alford Hill 2004
Western Heritage Jerry Hill 2020
Bob Hinds 2011
Byrel Hittson 1980
Jimmy Hodge 2014
Tina Lee "Tiny Sikes" Hodge 2007
William Henry "Bill" Hogg 2009
Raymond Hollabaugh 2011
Ellis White Holland Sr. 1975
Less Hood 1995
Dave Hopper 2006
Frank Horelica 1980
Michael "Smurf" Horton 2013
Gold Card Jim Houson 2020
Don Howell 2016
Wright Howington 2008
Mike Hudson 2011
Logan John Huffman 2008
Raymond Hulin 2005
Clinton H. "Bud" Humphrey 1995
Samuel Paul Humphrey Jr. 2004
Sherry Altizer Ingham 2013
Buster Ivory 2001
June Ivory 2001
David Jennings 2012
Men Contestants Jason Jeter 2020
Bernis Johnson 1998
Clint Johnson 2017
Eugene Johnson 2002
Hackberry Johnson 2010
Sherry Price Johnson 2015
Darrly "Bronc" Jones 2010
R.E. Martha Josey 2007
Bussy Kaul 2001
Whit Keeney 2001
Glenn W. Keith 2003
Kenneth Kelley 2011
Liz & Reg Kesler 2008
Clyde Kimbro 2010
Butch Kirby 2012
Sandy Kirby 2006
Cody Lambert 2012
Men Contestants Darrell Lambert 2019
Roger Langford 2005
Fay Ann Horton Leach 2011
Fannie Mae Collier Cox Levi 2003
G.K. Lewallen 1997
Thomas Earl Wayne "Tex" Lewis 1999
John Lindsey 2001
H.D. "Curley" Linehan 2001
Bob Logue 2009
Chuck Logue 2009
Hughie Long 1978
Jack Long 1996
Dillard "Doc" Lucas 1977
Tad Lucas 2010
Tommy Lucia 2017
Gene Lyda 2015
O.B. Lynam 2001
Phil Lyne 2006
Sammy Magana 2011
Randy Magers 2006
Larry Mahan 2015
Toots Mansfield 2002
Jayne Marcum 2012
Clyde H. Martin 2006
George "Tex" Martin 2000
Mike Mathis 2013
Ann Mattison 2013
Harley May 2012
Nancy Gault Mayes 2020
Bob Mayo 2011
J.H. "Goat" Mayo 2001
Paul Mayo 2011
Ray Mayo 2013
Billie McBride 1980
Wilson McBride 2007
Don McClure 2012
Leonard McCravey 2012
Men Contestants Casey McGlaun 2020
Glen McIlvain 2012
Denny McLanahan 2017
Don McLaughlin 2014
Gene McLaughlin 2014
Mike McLaughlin 2013
Shawn McMullan 2012
Bonnie McPherson 2017
L.G. "Glenn" McQueen 2005
Brandon McReynolds 2013
Bob Meacham 1999
D.L. "Dwayne" Meacham 1999
Jeff Medders 1999
Alva Jean McBride Meek 2008
Junior Meek 1999
Johnny Mellon 1975
David Merrill 2009
Johnny Boren Award Charlene Proctor Mewhinney 2019
Sue Miller 2005
Bill & Pam Minick 2011
Ralph Mitchell 2009
Deb Mohon 2010
Bubba Monkres 2011
Johnny Boren Award Rita Williams Moon 2019
Michael Moore 2015
Gold Card Randy G. Moore 2019
R.H. Moss 2010
Lee Mullins 2007
Jimmie Gibbs Munroe 1997
Bud Munroe 2015
Ty Murray 2016
Stephen Murrin Jr. 2011
Carl Nafzger 2008
Jack Newton 2007
Robert William "Booger Red" Nixon Jr. 2007
Charlie O'Reily 1998
Punch & Fay Oglesby 2014
A.G. Ollre III 1999
Altizer Rigs Ora 2012
Tuff Overturff 2008
Tommy Owens 2008
Joe Beaver Pat 2011
Neida Patton 2009
George Paul 2005
Monty Penney 2016
S.K. "Kenneth" Pressley 2007
Sherman Pressley 2010
Bobby G. "Cotton" Proctor 1975
Ronnie Proctor 2003
Tommy Puryear 2009
Charlie Rankin 2003
Dick Ratjen 2007
Jack Ratjen 2007
NaRay McHood Ratliff 2002
Art Ray 2016
Durwood "Mitz" Ray 2007
Tom Ray 2012
Lightening Bobby Steiner 2011
Virginia Reger 2007
Reid & Mary Jo Roland 2001
Buddy Reynolds 2017
Don "Little Brown Jug" Reynolds 2015
Empty Saddles Foy & Jody Reynolds 2020
Frank Rhoades 2001
Jack Rice 2013
Dickie Richard 2002
Manuelita Woodward Richards 2003
Roy Lee (RL) Richardson 2017
Women Contestants Dollie Beutler Riddle 2020
Rusty Riddle 2009
Wallace Riddle 1976
Ora Altizer 2012
Cullen A. Robinson 2007
Billy "Red" Rogers 2004
Mason Romans Sr. 2001
Bob Romer 2009
John Rothwell 2010
John Routh 1999
James Riley Saunders 1977
Charmayne James & Scamper 2011
John "Shoe" Schueneman 2017
DeLois Hinson Senez 2008
Ralph Senn 2005
Rusty Sewalt 2016
La Tonne Sewalt 2004
Ronnye Sewalt 2001
Royce Sewalt 2002
Jim "Razor" Sharp 2009
Hobb Shed 1981
Dee Sheets 2014
Tommy Sheffield 2008
Bob Sheppard 2008
Johnny Shields 2013
Joseph "Joe" Wilson Sikes 1998
L.N. "Sonny" Sikes 1978
Velvet Bernis Johnson Sipping 2011
Rob Smets 2010
Blanche Altizer Smith 2006
Gold Card Clifton Smith 2019
Dean Smith 2006
Dude Smith 1999
Frances Crane Smith 2000
Jerald Smith 2010
Rodeo Personnel Jim D. Smith 2019
Olie Smith 2014
Paul Smith 2011
T.M. "Smitty" Smith 2014
Vern Smith 2017
Doc Stanger 2000
Red Steagall 2005
Beverly Steiner 2009
Bobby Steiner 2000
Buck Steiner 2000
Sid Steiner 2008
Tommy Steiner 1997
Duane Stephens 2008
Logan Stevens 2008
Kevin Stewart 2015
J.W. Stoker 2015
John Stokes 2016
Dale Stone 1999
Wayne H. Stroud 2011
Ike Tacker 1983
J.D. Tadlock Sr. 2014
Western Heritage Couple Bob & Kristen Tallman 2019
Bill Tatum 2008
Andy Taylor 2008
Empty Saddles Cliff Taylor 2019
Berva Dawn Sorenson 2005
Dan Taylor 2005
George Thomas Taylor Jr. 2001
Monty Taylor 2008
Tom Taylor 2017
Jon Temple 2001
Eula Gene Hinson Thomas 1977
Orville Thomas 1976
Willie Thomas 2004
Roy "Tuffy" Thompson 2013
Charlie Throckmorton 2007
Brent Thurman 2002
Sissy Thurman 1978
Charlie Tindol 2015
Charlie Thompson 2017
Harry Tompkins 1997
Bud Townsend 2008
Monroe Tumlinson 2010
Hazel Turner 2005
Matt Tyler 2014
William "Bud" Upton 2011
Dan Utely 1978
John VanCronhite 2011
Randy Vaughn 2016
Rudy E. Vela 2011
Cecil Vick 2006
Glenn Vick 1998
Skipper Voss 2006
Tooter Waites 2011
Bill Walker 2000
Byron Walker 2008
Claude Henry "Red" Walker 1999
Reagon Walker 2012
Richard Wayne "Dick" Walker 2005
Whitey Bob Walker 2003
Morris Walker 2015
Frank E. Wallace Jr. 2010
Pat Wallace 2019
Roy Wallace 2008
Whitney Wallace 2013
Terry Walls --
T.J. Ward 2013
Jack Ward 2006
Men Contestants James Ward 2019
Corky Warren 2012
Jim Watkins 2010
Bud Watson 1999
Harold Watson 1975
Eugene Weakley 2012
John E. "Ronny" Webb 1999
Dan Webb 2015
Empty Saddles Taylor Webb 2020
Billy Weeks 1998
Guy Weeks 1997
L.E. Weeks 2000
Wesley Bowie 2013
Howard Westfall 1980
Genevieve Hauff 2004
Marvin Weyer 2001
Earl Wharton 1997
Ray Wharton 2002
J.T. "Whiz" Whisenhunt 2008
Hub Whiteman 1997
Jim Whiteman 1980
Fred Whitfield 2012
George Wilderspin 1999
Bill Williams 2005
Ronnie Williams 2010
Sloan Williams 2009
Billy T. Wilis 2004
Dan Willis 1997
John M. Wilson 2007
R.B. Wilson 2005
Stanley Wilson 1998
Joe Wimberly 2013
Delbert Wise 1999
Jack Wiseman 2012
Gail Woerner 2012
Lloyd Woodley 2009
Edd Workman 2005
Don Workman 2015
Jackie Worthington 2009
Martha Wright 2008
Men Contestants Lonnie Wyatt 2019
Clinton Wyche 2003
Mack Yates 2004
James Zant 2015

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