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Jul 22, 2021 · When he arrived at UMC, the emergency room doctors thought he had been shot in the face. Nearly every bone in Hedeman’s face was broken.
5 days ago · Tuff went through 6 and a half hours of surgery to repair literally every bone in his tough face. 7 weeks later, he would head to the NFR and draw Bodacious again, but we all know what he did...
Nov 12, 2023 · The 4-time World Champion bull rider Richard "Tuff" Hedeman discusses the injury that permanently rearranged his face courtesy of Sammy Andrews' J31 Dodge Bodacious during the 1995...
He was jerked down by Bodacious upon exiting the chutes, so the bull could thrust his head up and smash Hedeman’s face, shattering every major facial bone. Hedeman managed to walk out of the arena, but required several hours of reconstructive surgery for his face. [9]
Oct 18, 1995 · The three-time World Champion suffered facial injuries to the left and right cheek bones and his nose Sunday in a matchup with 1994 and 1995 PRCA Bull of the Year Bodacious. The accident occurred during the Professional Bull Riders Finals at Las Vegas.
Oct 17, 1995 · LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Bull rider Tuff Hedeman was in University Medical Center in Las Vegas on Monday after suffering facial injuries one day earlier in a bull riding accident, friend and traveling partner Cody Lambert said.
Oct 24, 2019 · Hedeman’s injury was all but the last straw for Bodacious’s career as the injury risk was finally getting to be too great. His final out was at the National Finals Rodeo in 1995, when Scott Breding drew him and wore a catcher’s mask to protect himself.
Jul 21, 2022 · The 4-time World Champion bull rider Richard "Tuff" Hedeman gets his hand folded upside down and his arm twisted 180 degrees, which forces probably the longest drag in NFR history next to Harry...
Bodacious is best known for his serious injury to bull riding icon Tuff Hedeman. Not long after, Bodacious also seriously injured Scott Breding. His owner, Sammy Andrews, then retired Bodacious. In 1999, Bodacious was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame, and in 2017 into the Bull Riding Hall of Fame.
Tuff Hedeman bruised his spinal cord sustaining temporary paralysis falling off Dan Russell's Blowout during round 8 at the 1993 National Finals Rodeo.
