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The rodeo community has lost a legend, Mr. Larry Mahan has passed away.

Larry Mahan is an American former rodeo cowboy. He has gained six World All-Around Championships and two World Bullriding Championships on the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) Pro Rodeo Tour. The ProRodeo Hall of Fame positioned him within the all-around class in 1979. He was additionally named a ProRodeo Legend in 2010.
Larry Mahan was born November 21, 1943 in Salem, Oregon. He began skilled rodeo on the age of 14. From 1963, he participated within the Rodeo Cowboys Association (RCA). The group later modified its identify to the Professional Rodeo Association (PRCA) in 1975. He gained the world all-around title for 5 consecutive years from 1966 to 1970 and gained his sixth title in 1973. His comeback in 1973 and his battle with Phil Lane was the topic of the documentary The Great American Cowboy, which gained the 1974 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
In the RCA, he competed commonly in bronze saddle, bareback and bull using, usually profitable. He turned the primary individual to play in three NFR occasions in a single 12 months. He was the high-stakes winner of the 1965 bull journey and gained greater than $50,000 in 1967, the primary individual to take action in a single season. He earned over $280,000 for the 1970 season. He had a tough decade within the ’70s, profitable the all-around title in 1973, however was held again by accidents for a whereas.
Mahan gained six all-around titles, however not the final one in a row. His five-peat streak wasn’t damaged till 1979, when Tom Ferguson gained his sixth straight title. In 1994, Ty Murray broke the file of six consecutive championships held by Mahan and Ferguson, tying Ferguson’s file of six consecutive championships. In 1998, Murray surpassed each together with his seventh title and holds the file for seven all-around titles. From then on, they began calling Murray the “King of the Cowboys.” In 2010, Trevor Brazile beat all of them to win his eighth all-around title. In 2018, Basile gained his 14th all-around title. Mahan was the World Bull Riding Champion in 1965 and 1967.

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