Professional Bull Riders: Heroes and Legends

Professional Bull Riders Heroes and Legends Celebration honors four special divisions of the professional bull riding community. Each award recognizes a substantial contribution to the sport.[1]

Professional Bull Riders (PBR), Inc., is an international professional bull riding organization based in Pueblo, Colorado.[2][3] It began in 1992, when 21 bull riders pooled $1,000 each to found the organization, which was dedicated to bull riding separate from its traditional inclusion as one of several rodeo events.[2][3] Today, the PBR is one of the top ten fastest growing sports organizations in the world.[3] It sponsors the Built Ford Tough Series, where the top 35 best bull riders in the world compete, along with the best bucking bulls.[2][3]

Ring of Honor

The PBR Ring of Honor is the equivalent of a Hall of Fame for bull riders.[4][5] The PBR created this award in 1996 to recognize those who have had a substantial and enduring influence on the sport of professional bull riding.[4] Honorees may be PBR bull riders, but some PRCA bull riders have also been honored, for example, icon Lane Frost.[4] "It is both a physical ring and a fellowship of men."[4] It was created in 1996 with the inaugural induction of ProRodeo Hall of Fame members Jim Shoulders and Ted Nuce.[6][7]

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), which sanctions traditional rodeo, has a Hall of Fame, the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.[8] Although there a Bull Riding Hall of Fame located in Texas, it is not associated with the PBR.[9]

Winners

Brand of Honor

First awarded in 2011 to Little Yellow Jacket, the Brand of Honor is awarded to a bull for superlative performance in the PBR.[10] The PBR recognizes that there are two athletes in every ride.[11] Brand of Honor bulls are elite athletes who transcend the sport and few make the cut.[10] In 2016, Bushwacker was awarded the Brand of Honor. This three-time World Champion bucking bull, now retired, is universally considered to be the best in bull riding history.[11][12]

Winners

Jim Shoulders Lifetime Achievement Award

This award is named for Jim Shoulders, who won 16 world titles and is recognized in his field as possibly the greatest western-sports athlete of all time.[13] This award recognizes some of the many non-bull riders who have made a tangible contribution to the sport and whose efforts have built the PBR, including stock contractors, contract personnel, PBR employees, and more.[13] It was first awarded in 2011.[12][14][15]

Winners

Sharon Shoulders Award

This award recognizes women who have supported professional bull riding; "those whose work, partnership and faith have been as integral to the sport as the athletes themselves."[16] These are bull rider wives who have shared the burdens of a bull rider in his life and in the sport and helped enable him to contribute to the sport.[16] It is named for the wife of Jim Shoulders.[16] The PBR created his award in 2010 and honored inaugural inductee Tiffany Davis.[12][17]

Winners

References

  1. ↑ "Professional Bull Riders - Heroes and Legends". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Professional Bull Riders - About PBR". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Belzer, Jason. "Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Has Created The Most Authentic Sponsorship Platform In Sports". Forbes. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Professional Bull Riders - Ring of Honor". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Professional Bull Riders - Snyder to be inducted into Ring of Honor". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Ted Nuce - Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame". Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jim Shoulders - Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame". Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame - Museum of the American Cowboy". Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "The Bull Riding Hall of Fame". The Bull Riding Hall of Fame. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Professional Bull Riders - Brand of Honor". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Professional Bull Riders - Brand of Honor". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 "Bushwacker to receive Brand of Honor". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Professional Bull Riders - Jim Shoulders Lifetime Achievement Award". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "Professional Bull Riders - Jim Shoulders Lifetime Achievement Award. The inaugural recipient in 2011 was ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee bullfighter Rob Smets.". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Rob Smets - Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame". Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 "Professional Bull Riders - Sharon Shoulders Award". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "Professional Bull Riders - Sharon Shoulders Award". Professional Bull Riders. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

External links

Heroes and Legends - Ring of Honor

Heroes and Legends - Brand of Honor

Heroes and Legends - Jim Shoulders Achievement Award

Heroes and Legends - Sharon Shoulders Award

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