Chris LeDoux not only was a great entertainer, he was a real cowboy. If you listen to his music, you can hear it. His tales were spun about the rodeo trail, likely written on the rodeo trail. I met the man in the late 1990s at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
I was covering the rodeo for The Hutchinson News, and a day after Brittany Spears’ people tried to have the livestock removed from the grandstands infield before she’d take the stage, I leaned against the fence and chatted about rodeo with a legend. He watched the rodeo, telling me how much he liked Ike Sankey’s buckin’ horses. I listened intently. Who wouldn’t listen to a fantastic storyteller who wore a world champion’s gold buckle?
In what event, and in what year, did he win a PRCA world championship?
Comments (9)
Denise / October 31, 2010
Bareback 1976
ronnie pennington / October 31, 2010
in the bareback 1973 i beleive.
Kate Duncan / October 31, 2010
Saddle bronc riding in 1972
ronnie pennington / October 31, 2010
bareback 1976
C.D. Lopez / October 31, 2010
1976, World Champion Bareback rider.
Man, meeting Chris must’ve been seven shades of awesome.
Stephen Snow / October 31, 2010
Chris Ledoux- 1976 World Champion bareback rider
Debbie Scott / October 31, 2010
1976 Bareback Bronc riding.
Megan / October 31, 2010
1978
Ted Harbin / October 31, 2010
Congratulations to Denise, who posted the first correct answer. Chris LeDoux was the 1976 world champion bareback rider. There were a lot of correct answers, but Denise was the first to post. (I just got to the point where I could approve the comments.)
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