ProRodeo Sports News - June 23, 2022

ALL-AROUND COWBOY

Trevor Brazile King of Cowboys going into ProRodeo Hall of Fame BY TRACY RENCK T revor Brazile is the gold standard for PRCA cowboys – past and present. Brazile, the King of PRCA cowboys with 26 world championships, heads up a

star-studded 2022 induction class of 11 for the ProRodeo Hall of Fame July 16 in Colorado Springs, Colo. “It’s pretty hard to get me speechless, but this honor has done that. It’s one of those awards that goes past just your era,” Brazile said. “You’re enshrined with the greats from every era in a sports Hall of Fame. That is probably the coolest thing. We can talk about Toots Mansfield and Jim Shoulders all these guys, but now to be in the same Hall as the likes of guys like that. That’s pretty cool. “You can hear about the Hall and talk about it, but I don’t think it will ever really sink in, the magnitude of it until you get there. You can think off the top of your head guys who are enshrined there and I think it will all sink in when I get there.” Brazile, ProRodeo’s only $7-million cowboy, has 26 gold buckles that include a PRCA-record 14 in all-around (2002-04, 2006 15, 2018), three in tie-down roping (2007, 2009-10) and one in team roping (2010) to go with the eight National Finals Steer Roping gold buckles in 2006-07, 2011, 2013-15 and 2019-20. By Round 4 of the 2020 NFSR in Mulvane, Kan., Brazile reached and passed the $7 million milestone by earning $7,577 after placing second with a 9.3-second run. He earned $27,150 for the day, including winning Round 3 with a 9.9-second run. “I think that (passing the $7 million mark in career earnings) is one of the biggest things I have ever done,” Brazile said. Brazile also has a PRCA record 74 career total round wins at the Wrangler National

PRCA ProRodeo file photo by Greg Westfall

Finals Rodeo – in tie-down roping and team roping – and steer roping. Brazile has won 36 rounds at the NFSR, second only to Guy Allen’s 48. “Never, no sir,” said Brazile when asked if he thought he would have an unmatched career in ProRodeo. “I think hard work had a lot to do with it because I was never the most talented guy out there. Rodeo is a super humbling sport I don’t care who you are. By no means did I think I was the most talented guy in any field. I just know where my talents come from, and I tried to do the best I could to be a good steward of rodeo and mix my work with it. “Records are made to be broken and that’s what fuels the next generation. I would be super honored to have a part in that in that motivation for the next generation of rodeo cowboys.”

“It’s pretty hard to get me speechless, but this honor has done that. It’s one of those awards that goes past just your era. You’re enshrined with the greats from every era in a sports Hall of Fame. That is probably the coolest thing.”

– TREVOR BRAZILE

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