The National Cowboy
The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Okla., inducted nine new members Oct. 22-23 into its Rodeo Hall of Fame.
Rodeo Hall of Fame inductions annually recognize living honorees, as well as those who have passed away. The 2005 living inductees were Mel Potter, Howard Harris III, Bernis Johnson and Sherry Combs Johnson. Inducted posthumously were Velda Tindall Smith and Barton Carter, who competed before 1940, and Wayne Dunafon, Bob Cook and Kenny McLean.
Potter was a four-time all-around champion cowboy while on the University of Arizona rodeo team, and qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Harris started the popular weekly Cowtown Rodeo in 1954 in New Jersey. He has been a PRCA stock contractor for more than 50 years.
Bernis Johnson's five-time Bareback Horse of the Year, Sippin' Velvet, was a six-time NFR Top Bareback Horse.
Sherry Combs Johnson was a five-time American Junior Rodeo Association barrel racing champion and earned berths at the NFR in four different decades, running the last time in 1991.
Smith appeared as a trick rider with the famous 101 Wild West Show from 1926-27. She won the Texas State Fair barrel racing championship at 55 years old. Smith died in 1990.
Carter broke two steer roping world records in 1925 at age 17. He was an organizer of the Cowboys' Turtle Association and died in 1991.
Dunafon set two steer wrestling records in the 1950s. He was a rodeo judge and part owner of a cattle auction business in Kansas. Dunafon died in 2001.
Cook served on the PRCA Board of Directors and was on the committee responsible for creation of the ProRodeo Hall of Champions. He owned the bucking bull Oscar, star of the Academy Award-winning film The Great American Cowboy. Cook died in 2001.
McLean was PRCA Rookie of the Year in 1961 and the Canadian all-around champion from 1967-69. He was the only cowboy ever inducted into the British Hall of Fame. He died in 2002.
Rodeo Hall of Fame inductions annually recognize living honorees, as well as those who have passed away. The 2005 living inductees were Mel Potter, Howard Harris III, Bernis Johnson and Sherry Combs Johnson. Inducted posthumously were Velda Tindall Smith and Barton Carter, who competed before 1940, and Wayne Dunafon, Bob Cook and Kenny McLean.
Potter was a four-time all-around champion cowboy while on the University of Arizona rodeo team, and qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Harris started the popular weekly Cowtown Rodeo in 1954 in New Jersey. He has been a PRCA stock contractor for more than 50 years.
Bernis Johnson's five-time Bareback Horse of the Year, Sippin' Velvet, was a six-time NFR Top Bareback Horse.
Sherry Combs Johnson was a five-time American Junior Rodeo Association barrel racing champion and earned berths at the NFR in four different decades, running the last time in 1991.
Smith appeared as a trick rider with the famous 101 Wild West Show from 1926-27. She won the Texas State Fair barrel racing championship at 55 years old. Smith died in 1990.
Carter broke two steer roping world records in 1925 at age 17. He was an organizer of the Cowboys' Turtle Association and died in 1991.
Dunafon set two steer wrestling records in the 1950s. He was a rodeo judge and part owner of a cattle auction business in Kansas. Dunafon died in 2001.
Cook served on the PRCA Board of Directors and was on the committee responsible for creation of the ProRodeo Hall of Champions. He owned the bucking bull Oscar, star of the Academy Award-winning film The Great American Cowboy. Cook died in 2001.
McLean was PRCA Rookie of the Year in 1961 and the Canadian all-around champion from 1967-69. He was the only cowboy ever inducted into the British Hall of Fame. He died in 2002.
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