Jim "Razor" Sharp
| Jim Sharp | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Sharp October 6, 1965 Kermit, Texas, U.S. |
| Other names | Razor |
| Education | Kermit High School |
| Alma mater | Odessa College |
| Occupation | Professional Bull Rider |
| Years active | 1978-2005 |
| Home town | Kermit, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Parent(s) | James Sharp |
| Website | www |
Jim Sharp (born October 6, 1965) is an American retired professional bull rider native to West Texas. In 1988, the Texan became the first bull rider in the PRCA’s National Finals Rodeo history to ride each of his 10 bulls during the champion-crowning event. The record-breaking performance earned Sharp his first of two PRCA World Champion Bull Rider titles. He rode professionally for nearly 20 years, and was a founding father of the PBR. His name is included in any list of all-time bull riding greats, and in the estimation of many, he may have been the single most talented bull rider in history. In 2006, he was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. And in 2016, he was inducted into the Bull Riding Hall of Fame.
Jim Sharp, nicknamed "The Razor", was born in Kermit, Texas to a rodeo family in 1965. He is of English descent. Sharp's father, James Sharp, was, himself, a calf roper and exposed Sharp to "Rodeo Fever". He rode his first steer in 1974 at the age of nine in Pecos, Texas while competing in an American Junior Rodeo Association event. By the time Sharp was 13 years old, he was riding junior bulls in American Junior Rodeo Association or AJRA rodeos. Sharp was AJRA reserve steer riding champion in the 12 and under class in 1978 and soon thereafter Champion Bull Rider at the AJRA National Finals in the 13-15 age class. At 16, Sharp was competing in sanctioned high school rodeo events at the National High School Rodeo Association or NHSRA as well as the AJRA events, placing at the top or near the top in many of the competitions. Sharp won his first of four bull riding championship titles in 1981 at the American Junior Rodeo Association and went on to win the Texas High School All-Around title in 1984, his senior year at Kermit High School.
Odessa College's Wrangler coach, Jim Watkins, "discovered" Jim and his riding abilities at AJRA events and successfully recruited Jim into the Odessa College Rodeo program. Jim competed on a regular basis at Billy Bob's at the Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. The college years were also the beginnings of Jim's professional riding career; becoming Rookie of the year in 1986 in the PRCA or the Professional Rodeo Cowboy's Association and qualifying for his first National Finals Rodeo. As a rookie in the PRCA in 1986, he won the Resistol Rookie of the Year and Texas Circuit rookie of the year titles in the bull riding and set a new record for most money won in a rookie year ($100,160). He also qualified for his first of seven consecutive trips to the National Finals Rodeo.
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