I thought about being a world champion and stuff like that. I would probably debunk all the laws of positive thinking because I had just hoped at some time, I would be fortunate to be to get a world championship, that would be awesome. Oh wow, said Bruce upon learning of her induction into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. In July, she will cement her place in ProRodeo history with her induction into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. Raised in Colorado, Gossage has a strong love for the western lifestyle, especially the sport of rodeo. Because every time you nod your head you can get a mouth full of dirt pretty easily. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Memberships start as low as $75 a year. In 1967, she and Red won the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo the first year it was held in the Astrodome. Rosser has had a hand in rodeo production all her life and in 1986 was named the PRCA Secretary of the Year, in 1998 she was selected as the NFR Rodeo Secretary and in 2012 was the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo secretary. However, if you reprint any of the following information verbatim in your publication, or if you read it verbatim on a radio broadcast, please mention that the information is courtesy of the WPRA. Burwell has such pride in our 1,200-volunteer rodeo. This is not anything I would have ever thought about. They will be enshrined July 15 during ceremonies at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo. Branquinho, who won world championships in 2004, 2008, 2011-12 and 2014, is second all-time in ProRodeo steer wrestling world championships behind only Homer Pettigrew, who had six. Ive gotten calls from the PRCA office before and they said you cant tell anybody, but youve won bucking horse of the year, but this call is even more special.. When I got the call, I had goosebumps and yes, tears in my eyes. COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (PRCA) The stars of ProRodeo converged when the 2022 ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees led by Trevor Brazile, the King of PRCA cowboys with 26 world championships, were inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame on July 16. I didnt ever think that would happen in the lifetime that we lived, Maggie Zinser said. Brazile is joined by four-time PRCA World Champion Bareback Rider Bobby Mote (2002, 2007, 2009-2010), World Champion Team Roper Bobby Harris (1991), stock contractor the late Jake Beutler, rodeo clown Rick Young, four-time PRCA Saddle Bronc Horse of the Year Frontier Rodeos Medicine Woman, rodeo notable Mel Potter, world champion steer wrestler Roy Duvalls horse Whiskey and barrel racer Ardith Bruce and WPRA notable Cindy Rosser. He won the NFR average in 1987. Some of my heroes are in there obviously, John W. Jones Jr. and John W. Jones Sr., and a lot of the California cowboys that helped put ProRodeo on the map and to be able to be in that Hall with them is very special.. Rodeo Newstm (ISSN 1934-5224) is published 12 times a year, semi-monthly May-Nov; once in Dec Jan, Feb., March, and April by Publication Printers, 2001 S. Platte River Drive, Denver, Colo., 80223.