Cleo Hearn

Cleo Hearn, Lancaster, Texas, a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association since 1959. In 1971, Hearn and 3 other men formed the American Black Rodeo Association. In 1995, Hearn changed the name and started the Cowboys of Color Association, to be inclusive of other cultures. This rodeo is designed to educate and highlight the contributions all cultures have made to the settling of the west. Hearn has received many awards for his work with communities around the world. He has a lifetime commitment to rodeo, his family, his community and the cowboy way of life.

2015 INDUCTEES

Clay Conoly
Kelly Scott
J. Griffis Smith

2014 INDUCTEES


JEHU D. "JUD" ASHMORE
JOHN DOUGLAS "BUD" FITZPATRICK
TODD WHITEWOOD


2013 INDUCTEES

DAVID K. LANGFORD
ROBERT L. MANSFIELD
LARRY NOLEN
GARY P. NUNN
MARGARET "PEGGY" TOBIN

2012 INDUCTEES

CRAIG CAMERON
H. JOAQUIN JACKSON
ARKEY BLUE
BUDDY GROFF

2011 INDUCTEES

COY HERMAN "TOOTS" MANSFIELD
RICHARD S. "KINKY" FRIEDMAN
LOUIS PEARCE
WYMAN MEINZER
MATHIAS EDWARD "SCOOTER" FRIES

2010 INDUCTEES

BILL PICKETT
JOSE POLICARPIO "POLLY" RODRIGUEZ
RED STEAGALL
BUCK TAYLOR
RUDY ROBBINS
DON & JUDY HICKS

2009 INDUCTEES

J. MARVIN HUNTER
J. FRANK DOBIE
MAUDEEN MARKS
"CAPTAIN" JOE BOWMAN
RAY WHARTON
CLEO HEARN
KEVIN FITZPATRICK
"EMPRESARIO" TERRY BOOTHE
DR. RAUL GAONA, SR.