Trevor Brazile Explained

Trevor Brazile (born November 16, 1976) is a semi-retired American rodeo champion who competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and partners with a cowboy named Miles Baker. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2022.[1] He holds the record for the most PRCA world championship titles with 26. He won his 26th title in 2020.[2] He also holds the record for the most all-around cowboy world champion titles at 14, breaking the record of 7 titles held by Ty Murray; Murray's last earned was in 1998.[3]

In 2010, Brazile won his 8th all-around title, surpassing Murray's seven titles from 1998.[4] Murray's titles were won all in roughstock events, as opposed to Brazile's timed-event wins, and he is still the youngest winner of the title.[5]

Brazile won the all-around world championship in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 through 2015, and in 2018. He won the tie-down roping world championship in 2007, 2009 and 2010. He won the team roping world championship in 2010. He won the steer roping world championship in 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2020. He won four National Finals Steer Roping (NFSR) Average titles in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2020. He also won two National Finals Rodeo (NFR) Average titles. One was in team roping in 2008 and one was in tie-down roping in 2010.

The late Jim Shoulders set the record of 16 world championships in 1959 when he won his 15th and 16th titles.[6] Steer roper Guy Allen matched the record in 2001 after winning his 16th steer roping title. Two years later in 2003, he broke Shoulder's record after winning a 17th title. Allen won his 18th and final record to date in 2004.[7] In 2013, Brazile won another all-around title and his total number of world titles moved to 19. This broke Allen's record of 18 world titles. As of 2020, Brazile has 26 world titles, eight more than Allen, who is in second place with 18 titles, and Shoulders is in third place with 16 titles.[8]

In 2008, Brazile became the first PRCA cowboy to cross the $3 million mark in career earnings.[9]

Brazile announced his retirement from full-time rodeo at the end of the 2018 NFR.[10]

Brazile was born in Amarillo, Texas, and says that "he wants to be remembered as a great cowboy".[11]

Brazile has been married since 2001 to Shada Cooper, the daughter of ProRodeo Hall of Fame cowboy,[9] Roy Cooper,[12] who mentored Brazile early in his rodeo career.[9] They live in Decatur, Texas, with their three children.[9]

Career highlights

2019

This season Brazile was on a reduced schedule as per his announcement at the end of the previous year's season. It did not stop him from winning the steer roping event this year and his 25th gold buckle. Brazile placed in all ten rounds of the PRCA National Finals Steer Roping (NFSR) in Mulvane, Kansas, and he was the only cowboy who did. He earned $56,707 at the NFSR. Part of that check was $27,347 for winning the NFSR Average title, making a 10-run time of 131.0 seconds. He won the championship with total earnings of $129,834. His total earnings at the NFSR was $60,989, which was the most of all the competitors.

2015

2010

All-Around titles

Tie-Down Roping titles

Team Roping titles — partner Patrick Smith

Steer Roping titles

2009

2009 Highlights

He tied for first place in Round 5 of the tie-down roping with a time of 7.1 seconds and placed in three other rounds en route to clinching his second world championship in that event in three years and a record-tying seventy all-around gold buckle; placed in one round of the team roping with Patrick Smith. By earning his 11th world championship, Brazile moved into a tie for third place on the career list with Dean Oliver and Charmayne James."

All-around titles

Tie-down roping titles

Team roping titles (with Patrick Smith)

Co-champion

Steer roping titles

2008

He became the first PRCA cowboy to cross the $3 million mark in career earnings.[9] All-Around Titles

Tie-Down Roping Titles

Team Roping Titles — with partner Patrick Smith

Steer Roping Titles

2007

Became first Triple Crown winner in 24 years and just the 10th in history by winning the all-around, tie-down roping and steer roping gold buckles. Broke his own single-season record with earnings of $425,115 and moved from seventh to third on the career earnings list

All-Around Titles

Co-Champion

Tie-Down Roping Titles

Steer Roping Titles

2006

Won the most money during the Fourth of July week for the 2006 season with $24,894 and became the youngest PRCA cowboy and the seventh overall to cross the $2 million mark in career earnings.

All-Around Titles

Team Roping Titles (with partner Rich Skelton)

Co-Champion

Tie-Down Roping Titles

Steer Roping Average Titles

Co-Champion

Honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Affleck-Johnson . Ashley . Trevor Brazile . March 25, 2023 . ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy.
  2. Web site: Renck . Tracy . Trevor Brazile captures 8th steer roping gold buckle . Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association . August 19, 2021 . November 7, 2020.
  3. Web site: Trevor Brazile wins 14th all-around title in final NFR . Las Vegas Review-Journal . December 19, 2018 . 16 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Cowboy Biographies - Trevor Brazile. www.prorodeo.com. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. 29 May 2017.
  5. News: Ty Murray - Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. 30 August 2017.
  6. Web site: World Champions (Historical) - Jim Shoulders. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. www.prorodeo.com. February 21, 2018.
  7. Web site: Rodeo: Steer Roping Champion Guy Allen Set For Old Fort Days Rodeo. Times Record. www.swtimes.com. February 21, 2018.
  8. Web site: Trevor Brazile clinches 13th world all-around title at National Finals Rodeo. Star-Telegram. www.star-telegram.com. February 21, 2018.
  9. News: Sager . Mike . The First Family of Rodeo . 17 June 2018 . Smithsonian.com . June 2018.
  10. Web site: Trevor Brazile retires from full-time rodeo. September 12, 2022.
  11. News: Beyond Relentless. American Cowboy Western Lifestyle - Travel - People. 29 May 2017.
  12. Web site: Roy Cooper . ProRodeo Hall of Fame . www.prorodeohalloffame.org . June 22, 2018.
  13. News: Rodeo Hall of Fame Inductees - National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. 16 May 2017.
  14. Web site: Trevor Brazile. November 19, 2007 . Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Fort Worth Texas. 16 May 2017.
  15. Web site: Trevor Brazile - Fort Worth Stockyards - Fort Worth, TX - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com. www.waymarking.com. 16 May 2017.
  16. News: Trevor Brazile. 2013-06-14. Western Heritage from the Texas Trail of Fame. 16 May 2017.
  17. Web site: Trevor Brazile . Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame . March 25, 2020.
  18. Web site: Texas Sports Hall of Fame: Texas Sports Hall of Fame. www.tshof.org. 16 May 2017.
  19. Web site: Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame Inductees . Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum . October 2, 2018.
  20. Web site: Ty Murray Top Hand Award. Professional Bull Riders. August 19, 2023.
  21. Web site: New Inductees . Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame . March 19, 2020.

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