He was also one of only 10 people to win three world titles in one year, winning the tie-down roping, steer roping and All-Around titles in 1983. His roping skills are also what earned him the ...

He was named Rookie of the Year in 1976 and captured seven world championships — six in tie-down roping and one in steer roping — along with winning an all-around title, particularly excelling during ...

Remembered as the greatest of all time, no one is said to have changed calf-roping more than Roy Cooper. “When those hands flew up you knew that flag was dropping and the time that you saw on ...

Olympic Runner Rebecca Cheptegei’s Neighbor Recalls Her ‘Running Towards My House on Fire’ Before Her Death According to the PRCA, Cooper’s roping skills earned him the nickname "Super ...

"When I started out in the music business, I didn’t know anything about it," said McEntire, whose late father, Clark, was a champion steer roper and got inducted into the Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame.

He won the PRCA All-Around World Title in 1983 alongside the tie-down roping and steer roping championships, making him one of 10 cowboys to ever secure rodeo’s “Triple Crown” – three ...

She and her two sisters and brother had grown up singing in the back seat of the family car while their father, three-time world champion steer roper Clark McEntire, toured the circuit.

He was also the All-Around World Champion in 1983. Making it a triple crown that year, he was named the 1983 Steer Roping World Champion. Cooper, the son of champion roper Dale 'Tuffy' Cooper ...

A rodeo legend has died, according to his family. Roy Cooper, eight-time world champion roper and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Famer, died the night of April 29. Multiple news reports said Cooper died ...

Six of those championships were in tie-down roping — in 1976 and from 1980-1984 — and one in steer roping in 1983. He also won the all-around title in 1983, according to the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.