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In 1983, Cooper won the all-around championship, National Finals Steer Roping (NFSR) title, and calf-roping championship. This made him the first PRCA competitor since 1958 to win three discipline season championships, [11] and the fourth in PRCA history. [12]
Jul 29, 2014 · Unlike other cowboys, Cooper never worried about what calf he would draw at a rodeo, Tierney said. “He wasn’t concerned about getting the best calf,” Tierney said. “He would just take what was handed to him and rope and jump off and usually beat your butt.
Feb 9, 2011 · Brazile lives on his 65-acre spread down the hill from the Coopers with his wife, Shada — Roy Cooper's stepdaughter — and their two children.
- John Whisler
- Senior Reporter | San Antonio Express-News
All-Around Champion Cowboy, 1983. Calf Roper, Champion, 1976, 1980-1984. Steer Roper, Champion, 1983. Undoubtedly the greatest roper of his generation, Roy Cooper was born at Hobbs, New Mexico, in 1955. He honed his roping skills while cowboying on the family ranch.
Born on November 13, 1955, in Hobbs, New Mexico, rodeo champion Roy Dale Cooper was the son of rancher and champion roper Dale "Tuffy" Cooper and Betty Rose Hadley Cooper, who had been raised on a ranch near Indiahoma, Oklahoma.
Oct 25, 1987 · On his first six head, he placed first four times and fourth once. He was so far ahead that his backers were already asking unfortunate bettors for payday. Then the unbelievable occurred. He was the victim of broken ropes on his final two calves, taking times of 41.9 and 72.2 seconds.
Roy is the son of Dale “Tuffy” and Betty Cooper. His parents named him after Roy Lewis, a famous roper in the 1930’s and 1940’s. His parents met at the ameron ollege rodeo. Tuff was the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association calf roping in 1950. His grandmother remembers Roy carrying a rope with a loop at the age of two. In 1972,
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