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Tom Three Persons (March 19, 1888 – August 13, 1949) was a Niitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy) rodeo athlete and rancher and a member of the Kainai Nation (Blood). Best known for winning the saddle bronc competition at the inaugural Calgary Stampede in 1912. An Indigenous athlete, he was the only Canadian to win a championship at this historic ...
The following articles contain lists of rodeo performers: Bull Riding Hall of Fame; List of Calgary Stampede Rodeo Champions; List of Canadian Professional Rodeo Association Champions; List of Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Champions; List of Professional Bull Riders Champions; List of ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees
Cord Jarret McCoy (born August 19, 1980) is an American professional rodeo stock contractor and producer and former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in saddle bronc riding and bull riding. He is best known as the 2nd-place finisher (along with his brother Jet McCoy) on The Amazing Race 16 .
Since its inception in 1902, the Raymond Stampede has been held annually, with exceptions in 1917-1918 (due to the Spanish Flu), 1937 (due to severe drought), [2] and 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The event has been managed and directed by the Raymond Stampede Committee, led for many years by rodeo director Alan Heggie and his family.
Fannie Sperry Steele (March 27, 1887 – February 11, 1983), born Fannie Sperry, was an American bronc rider and rodeo performer from Montana. She was one of the first women inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum [ 1 ] in 1975, and the first Montana native in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in ...
Calgary Stampede rodeo champions have won their respective events in one of the largest rodeos in the world; the rodeo is the heart of the Calgary Stampede. [1] With a prize of $50,000 to the winner of each major discipline, it offers one of the richest payouts in rodeo competition. [ 2 ]
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The first rodeo in Canada was held in 1902 in Raymond, Alberta, when Raymond Knight funded and promoted a rodeo contest for bronc riders and steer ropers called the Raymond Stampede. Knight also coined the rodeo term stampede and built rodeo's first known shotgun-style bucking chute. In 1903, Knight built Canada's first rodeo arena and ...