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2002-03, finishing fifth in 2002. He was the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Central Plains Region reserve bull riding champion from 2001-02. He also won the Iowa Rodeo Cowboys Association bull riding champi onship from 2000-01. NFR TEAM ROPER, NFSR COMPETITOR CORKY WARREN PASSES AWAY AT 87 PRCA Staff Corky Warren, a two

humble,” Bob said. “He didn’t talk much about his career and how it was going. I saw quite a few performances but I wasn’t keeping up on a regular basis and, because of his personality, he wasn’t calling me every time he won. “So when I look back, I’m in awe of his legacy.” Following his rodeo career, Corky went on to train championship quarter horses in halter and performance classes. He also played a role in designing and building top equestrian centers and arenas in the West. “He was very successful,” Bob said. “It was his forte, his calling. He knew what made an arena work and knew how to arrange it so that the flow of the people, animals and performers worked. He has his stamp on a lot of arenas.” Corky was preceded in death by his parents, daughters Stacey and Pam, wife Joni, step-son Colby J, and brother Duane. CUTLINE: PRCA File Photo NFSR COWBOY LARRY DUGGAN

time qualifier for the National Finals Rodeo and one-time qualifier for the National Finals Steer Roping, passed away Jan. 22, in Cleburne, Texas. He was 87. Corky’s passion for rodeo, and specifically roping, was clear when he began competing pro fessionally in the PRCA. Along with team roping and steer roping, Corky also competed in tie-down

PASSES AWAY AT 79 Special to PRORODEO Sports News Larry Michael Duggan,

79, of Canyon, Texas, died peacefully in his home on Feb. 7, 2026. Born on Jan. 5, 1947, in Hobart, Okla., Larry grew up as one of four big brothers to their one little sister. His childhood was spent on the family farm. Youth sports included high school basketball and the early years of rodeo, competing in calf roping, bareback riding and bull riding. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science

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roping and steer wrestling. “He won many individual event championships,” said Bob Warren, Corky’s younger brother. “I think his words were, ‘I won the championship in five out of the seven major rodeos (at the time).’” Those rodeos included Calgary, Phoenix, Cheyenne, Denver and San Antonio. His talent earned him the oppor tunity to compete as a team roping heeler at the 1973 and 1974 National Finals Rodeo. In 1973, he roped with header Jake Milton. The duo placed fourth in Round 4 (8.8 seconds) and finished fifth in the average with 156.2 seconds on 10 head. At the 1974 NFR, Milton and Corky roped together again, and they won Round 1 (7.43 seconds) and were fourth in Round 2 (7.72 seconds). They finished seventh in the average with a 141.92-second time on nine head. Corky made his lone appearance at the 1973 National Finals Steer Roping in Laramie, Wyo. He finished 15th in the world standings and placed fourth in Round 4 (21.5 seconds) and Round 7 (18.8 seconds). Along with his success in the PRCA, Corky won two all around championships in the Senior Pro Rodeo Associa tion. He also claimed two world titles in steer roping while competing in the Senior Steer Roping Association. His success earned him the opportunity to be inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame and the Texas Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. “One of the things I will say about him is he’s pretty

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degree in Animal Science from Oklahoma Panhandle State University where he met his future bride, Barbara Ann Romer. The young couple planted roots in Canyon, Texas, in 1972 where they raised their three children. Larry competed in youth, college and professional rodeo as a bull rider before turning his attention to the single steer roping event where he earned a qualification to the 1980 National Finals Steer Roping in Laramie, Wyo. Larry actively competed in single steer roping and team roping into his early 70s. What started as an idea for a hobby – learning the art of saddle making at night school at the Texas State Technical Institute in Amarillo – turned into a five-decade career of building custom saddles for clients that ranged from the casual roper to world champions to the Shiek of Dubai. He returned to TSTI as an instructor for a year and taught

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