World’s Oldest Rodeo® List of Champions 1888-2021 1888 Juan Levias Charlie Meadows 1889 Juan Levias 1891 Ben Blackburn 1893 Doc Goodwin 1895 Eger Jones 1897 Ed Gatlin 1898 Chauncey Townsend 1900 Vicente Ortiz 1903 Frank Condron 1904 Fran Condron 1905 Harry Wright 1906 Will Stapp RW Coughran 1909 Logan Morris 1910 John Fredericks 1911 Thomas Miller 1912 John Fredericks 1913 Roy B Lewis 1914 Harry Henderson 1915 John Fredericks 1916 Doc Pardee Frank Thompson 1917 Johnny Dobbins 1918 Harry Vandergrift 1919 Luther Swanner 1920 Cheyenne Kiser 1921 Ritchie Lewis 1922 Ritchie Lewis 1923 Doc Pardee 1924 Slim Riley 1925 Tommy Scarlett 1926 Lawton Champie 1927 Leonard Bloodworth 1931 Lawton Champie 1932 Leonard Bloodworth 1933 Leonard Wood 1934 Tom Bride 1935 Penny Henderson 1936 Tom Bride 1937 Pat Woods 1938 Ward Watkins 1939 Ray Seeley 1940 Bill Taylor 1941 Dutch Martin 1942 Joe Tyree 1943 Logue Morris 1944 Penny Henderson 1945 Tommy Williams 1946 Dutch Van Brunt 1947 Walter Pruitt 1948 Walt Stuart 1949 Chuck Sheppard 1950 Logue Morris 1951 Poog Brenton 1952 Jesse Jones 1953 Poog Brenton Bill Wyrick 1954 Chuck Sheppard 1955 Dick Mrray 1956 Steve Chambers 1957 Jack Swauger
1958 Bill Kips 1959 Sam Spahan Jack Swauger 1960 Roy Archer 1961 Sam Spahan 1962 Jim Polk 1963 Lyle Smith 1964 Don L Willson 1965 Jim Polk 1966 Floyd Baze 1967 Arnold Jones 1968 David Thompson 1969 Sam Graves 1970 Marty Woods 1971 Bill Nelson 1972 Gary Halford 1973 Bo Hunsaker 1974 Bill Smith Dennis Reiners Ned Londo 1975 Ned Londo 1976 Dan Filippini Bobby Brown 1977 Dan Filippini Bobby Brown 1977 Dan Filippini 1978 John Forbes 1979 Larry Mahan 1980 Bud Pauley 1981 Dan Filippini 1982 Brad Gjermundson 1983 Clint Johnson 1984 Jon Scolari 1985 Mike Merchant 1986 Mel Coleman 1987 Chuck Morris 1988 Jim Jensen Butch Small 1989 Dan Etbauer 1990 Bud Longbrake 1991 Gary McDaniel Robert Etbauer 1992 Kent Cooper 1993 Tom Reeves Jim Bob Custer 1994 Robert Etbauer ������158/2 1995 Jake Ireland 1996 Brad Gjermundson 1997 Jake Ireland 1998 Jess Martin 1999 Jim Dewey Brown 2000 Scott Johnson 2001 Craig Latham 2002 Bart Nichols 2003 Craig Latham Jim Brown 2004 Rawley McFarland 2005 Cody DeMoss 2006 Rod Hay 2007 Shaun Stroh 2008 Cody DeMoss ������������ 87 2009 Jesse Kruse ���������������� 84 2010 Dustin Flundra ����������� 87 2011Jacobs Crawley ����������� 82
120 WORLD’S OLDEST RODEO® • 1888-2021
Taos Muncy ����������������� 82 2012 Jacobs Crawley ���������� 87 2013 Cody Wright ��������������� 86 Tyler Corrington �������� 86 2014 Chad Ferley ���������������� 83 Heith Allan DeMoss ���� 83 2015 Zeke Thurston ������������ 85 2016 Clay Elliott ����������������� 87 2017 Sterling Crawly ���������� 86 Zeke Thurston ������������ 86 2018 Chase Brooks ������������� 86 2019 Taos Muncy ��������������� 87 2020 Wyatt Casper ���������� 83.5
PHOTOS FROM PRESCOTT FRONTIER DAYS® ARCHIVES
SADDLE BRONC CHAMPIONS
COW PONY RACING 1888 Mose Bryan 1889 Lizzie Dillion 1890 John Roberts 1891 Lonnie Livingston 1895 Grant Carter 1897 Charles Buck 1901 Grant Carter 1902 Dr Fitzsimmons 1903 EL Price 1904 Grant Carter 1905 Grant Carter 1906 Herb Cook 1910 Walter Cline 1911 JD Contreras 1913 Juan Olea 1914 Commodore Passey 1915 Mrs Henry Ritter 1917 Ursula Carter 1918 Della Ritter 1921 Stella Robinson 1922 Walter Cline 1923 Walter Cline 1924 Van Dickson 1925 Lawton Champie 1926 Lawton Champie 1927 Cort Carter 1928 Walter Cline 1929 GW Cox 1930 Cort Carter 1931 Cort Carter 1932 Cort Carter 1934 Carl Arnold 1935 Gorman Arnold 1936 Ed Dixon 1937 Breezy Cox Grace Mullen 1938 George Cline Cort Carter 1939 Joe Cline 1940 Walter Cline Cort Carter Clarence Conway Shorty Hudson
STEER ROPING CHAMPIONS 1888 Juan Levias 1889 Jeff Young
1891 Ben Blackburn 1893 Alejo Ortega 1895 George Brown 1897 Black Chappo 1898 Johnny Munds 1900 Dolph Evans 1901 James Carter 1903 Henry Ritter 1904 Jim Carter 1905 James Carter Lon Lancaster Walter Cline 1906 Herb Clark 1915 CC Jackson 1916 CC Jackson 1919 Clay McGonagill 1926 Jim Gardner 1937 Mike Stuart 1939 Joe Cornwall
BULL RIDING CHAMPIONS 1889 Jeff Young 1901 Tot Young 1913 Tom Mix 1914 Lon Jordan 1915 Bill Simon 1916 Frank McCoy 1917 Jack Garnett 1920 Cheyenne Kiser 1921 Everett Hardin Lee Robinson 1922 Sterling Ellis 1923 Dud Thomas 1924 Howard Carter 1925 David Hill 1926 Everett Bowman 1927 John Kyle 1929 Charley Matli 1930 Jack Kennedy
1931 Homer Ward 1932 Homer Ward 1933 Elmer Hepler 1934 Frank Schneider 1935 Tom Bride 1936 Smoky Snyder 1937 Smoky Snyder 1938 Lee Farris 1939 Clarence Stockdale 1940 Shorty Allard 1941 Dutch Martin 1942 Hershel Downs 1943 Logue Morris 1944 CL Shontz 1945 Linden Litten 1946 Cyril Stewart 1947 Lyman Tenney 1948 Eddie Jacques 1949 Gib Stratton 1950 Rocky Rutherford 1951 Bob Mitchell 1952 Stan Neal 1953 Arnold Jones 1954 Donnie Adams 1955 Lynn Sheppard 1956 Joel Sublette Dick Carr 1957 Gib Stratton 1958 Torn Parrish 1959 Harold Fisher 1960 Sonny Payne 1961 Cliff Carr 1962 Don Adams Clyde Fisher Joel Sublette 1963 Joel Sublette 1964 Terry Couch 1965 Terry Couch 1966 Joel Sublette 1967 Joey Bishop
