Bull Riding Hall of Fame
| Established | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Location | Cowtown Coliseum Fort Worth Stockyards Fort Worth, Texas |
| Type | Hall of Fame |
| Website | Bull Riding Hall of Fame |
The Bull Riding Hall of Fame, located at the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, is a hall of fame exclusively for the sport of bull riding. It is incorporated as a non-profit organization in the State of Texas, and created to "recognize, memorialize, and applaud the bull riders, bullfighters, bulls, , events, and individuals who have had a made a historic contribution and attained stellar performance in the sport." The organization makes its membership available globally to all who are fans of the sport.
The Bull Riding Hall of Fame intends to honor all of the bull riding champions. But the hall also has other goals to preserve the long and storied history of bull riding, which include housing inductee exhibits, accomplishments, photographs, videos, personal effects, and more. The Bull Riding Hall of Fame contains four categories of induction: Bull Riders, Bull Fighters, Bulls, and Legends.
The inaugural class of inductions started in 2015. The hall opened its doors to the public in 2016.
The founders created the Bull Riding Hall of Fame, Inc., "to recognize bull riders, bull fighters, bulls, organizations, competitive events, and stock contractors that have achieved the ultimate level of performance in the sport of bull riding." The organization preserves the history of the sport, educates its members and visitors to the website, holds events during inductions, establishes and maintains committees.
The founders were involved in overseeing the building of the foundation hall, and also maintaining the Bull Riding Hall of Fame museum at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth. Husband and wife team, Bill and Tammi Putnam, were founding members and respectively served as president and treasurer. Bill Putnam's daughter, Amy Ellinger, served as secretary.
The Bull Riding Hall of Fame Museum is located at Cowtown Coliseum, Fort Worth Stockyards, Fort Worth, Texas.
One group of nominees is inducted into the hall each year. Inductees are selected by the nominations and votes of Annual Members, Lifetime Member, Sponsor, Memorial/In Honor Donors, and Friend of the Hall Supporters. Annual and Lifetime memberships are available for individual or couples. Sponsors can be an individual, couple, organization, or corporation.
The inductees, human and animal, are among the most notable individuals and organizations in the sport.
More than half of them are also inductees of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, including bullfighter Wick Peth. Others include PRCA bull rider Lane Frost, famous for his duel with Red Rock in the Challenge of the Champions.
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