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Thomas & Mack Center marks first sellout: The Thomas & Mack Center began its sellout streak with a ca pacity crowd during Round 1 of the 1987 NFR with 17,591 spectators on Dec. 4, 1987. The sellout streak – heading into the 2025 NFR – was at 369 performances. 1988 Bull rider Jim Sharp goes 10-for-10: Jim Sharp made PRORODEO and bull riding history in 1988 when he became the first man to ride 10 NFR bulls. The 23-year-old Texan turned that 10-round feat into a triple crown by winning the average title and claiming his first world championship. 1989 Murray makes history as youngest All-Around champ: Murray, at 20 years old, 60 days became the youngest all-around champion in PRORODEO histo ry. The youngest all-around champion before Murray was Jim Shoulders who won the gold buckle at age 21 in 1949. Murray is still the youngest PRCA All-Around World Champion. Hedeman honors Frost: Bull rider Tuff Hedeman, the 1989 PRCA World Champion, posted one of the most dramatic Round 10 rides in NFR history when he rode his last draw – Beutler & Gaylord’s No. 4 – past the whis tle for an additional eight seconds while fanning the bull with his cowboy hat in honor of his late best friend Lane Frost. Frost, who was Hedeman’s traveling partner, was killed as a result of a bull riding accident in Cheyenne (Wyo.) in July. 1990 Murray makes NFR in all three roughstock events: Ty Murray joins roughstock icons by qualify ing for the NFR in bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. Bobby Berger (1971), and Larry Mahan (1966-71, 1973) are the only other cowboys to qualify for the NFR in the three roughstock events. Murray qualified in all three roughstock events for the NFR in 1990-94, five times – one behind Mahan. Curry goes 10-for-10 in record outing: Norman Curry becomes the second cowboy to ride all 10 bulls at the NFR. He won the average with 800 points on 10 head, which is still the NFR record. 1994 Moraes ties Sharp, Curry goes 10-for-10: Adria no Moraes rode all 10 bulls to join Jim Sharp (1988) and Norman Curry (1990) as the only men ever to ride 10

NFR bulls. Ty Murray gets record-tying sixth AA: Ty Murray matched the records of legendary cowboys Tom Ferguson and Larry Mahan by claiming a sixth world all-around championship. 1995 Star Bull Bodacious retired for safety concerns: After Round 10, ProRodeo Hall of Fame bull Andrews Rodeo’s Bodacious was retired for safety concerns. Boda cious knocked out Scott Breding in Round 9 even though the Montana Cowboy was wearing a protective mask. Tuff Hedeman, who had a previous collision with Boda cious that required extensive surgery, and a subsequent promise to his son to never ride the bull again, Hedeman waved his hat in Bodacious’ honor as the bull left the chute without him. 1997 Round 9 is one for the ages for tie-down ropers: Round 9 was one for the ages, as Blair Burk set the NFR with a 7.0-second run, two runs later, calf roper Fred Whitfield clocked a 6.9-second run. Then, before the 17,000 fans stopped buzzing Texan Jeff Chapman made his own record-breaking run with a 6.8-second time. Etbauer trio competes at NFR last time: The last year saddle bronc brothers Robert, Billy and Dan Etbau er qualified for the NFR together. The trio also did it in 1989-92 and 1995-96 1998 Murray becomes first cowboy to capture seven all-around world championships: Ty Murray finally claimed the 1998 world all-around title, becoming the first cowboy ever to win seven all-around world champi onships. 2000 Bull rider Hancock is first roughstock cowboy to go from 15 to 1: Bull rider Cody Hancock, who was making his NFR debut, made history by becoming just the second cowboy (after team roper Allen Bach in 1990) to win a world title after entering the Wrangler NFR in the 15th spot. Hancock, who made the Wrangler NFR field by $400 after winning a big check on the final weekend of the regular season, made the most of his opportunity, edg ing Philip Elkins, who won the Wrangler NFR average crown, by $4,474 for the gold buckle in his first trip to the 10-day extravaganza.

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