| Even though the sport of rodeo has been
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| | one quite knew what to expect but hoped
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| around almost forever, the National Finals
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| | for the best since this was the first ever
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| Rodeo, or NFR as it is commonly called,
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| | world championship of rodeo. The cowboys
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| has a much more recent history. The first
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| | who entered competed for the first NFR
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| National Finals Rodeo was held at the
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| | purse of $50,000!Shoulders, still
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| Dallas State Fair Grounds in 1959, and
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| | considered the most successful cowboy ever
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| since then, the NFR has gone through many
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| | with 16 world titles, placed in six bull
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| interesting changes including a name
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| | riding rounds in 1959, walking away with
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| change in 2001 to the Wrangler National
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| | the NFR prize money and the world
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| Finals Rodeo.Said to have been the
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| | championships. In 1979, Jim Shoulders was
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| brain-child of South Dakota legend Casey
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| | honored in the inaugural class of the Pro
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| Tibbs, the idea behind the first ever
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| | Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs,
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| National Finals Rodeo was to bring
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| | Colorado. Placing sixth in the rankings,
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| together the bets rodeo athletes and the
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| | Tibbs rode in his final saddle bronc
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| toughest livestock in the world. Many
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| | riding world championship during that 1959
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| now-famous cowboys competed at that first
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| | National Finals Rodeo. Today Tibbs is
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| NFR including Tibbs, Jim Shoulders, Jim
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| | remembered as the first cowboy to capture
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| Bynum, Jack Buschbom and Dean Oliver. No
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| | the hearts and attention of the media.
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