Professional Bull Riders: Heroes and Legends

Heroes and Legends lists the Ring of Honor, Ty Murray Top Hand Award, Brand of Honor, Jim Shoulders Award, and the Sharon Shoulders Award. The List of Professional Bull Riders Champions article presents a list of major champions and honors won by Professional Bull Riders.

The PBR Ring of Honor is the equivalent of a Hall of Fame for bull riders.[3] The PBR created this award in 1996 to recognize those who have had a "significant and lasting contribution to the sport of professional bull riding".[3] Honorees may be PBR bull riders, but some PRCA bull riders have also been honored, for example, icon Lane Frost.[3] "It is both a physical ring and a fellowship of men."[3] This honor is bestowed upon "select bull riders whose contributions to the sport of bull riding last beyond their success in the competitive arena". The award is "symbolized by a custom-made, gold-and-diamond ring engraved with the honoree's name and the PBR logo". Recipients are honored with this award during a ceremony at the PBR World Finals near the end of the year.[3]

It was created in 1996 with the inaugural induction of ProRodeo Hall of Fame members Jim Shoulders and Ted Nuce.[4][5]

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), which sanctions traditional rodeo, has the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.[6] The Bull Riding Hall of Fame located in Fort Worth, Texas, is not associated with the PBR.[7]

First awarded in 2018 to Trevor Brazile, Lewis Feild, and Tom Ferguson, the Ty Murray Top Hand Award, is awarded to a rodeo athlete who is not eligible for the Ring of Honor Award. The award connects the PBR with its traditional past. Athletes are chosen who represent strong values and character who have made a significant mark on the sport. The award is named after 9 time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) World Champion and Ring of Honor awardee Ty Murray, a co-founder of the PBR and current television commentator.

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

This award is named after Jim Shoulders, who won 16 world titles and is recognized in his field as possibly the greatest western-sports athlete of all time. 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.[11] It was first awarded in 2011.[12][14][15]

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." 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. It is named for the wife of Jim Shoulders.[11] The PBR created his award in 2010 and honored inaugural inductee Tiffany Davis.[12][11]

• List of Professional Bull Riders Champions
• Professional Bull Riders
• List of ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductees
• List of Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame inductees

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