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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.[4]
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][3]
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][4]
- ^ Affleck-Johnson, Ashley. "Trevor Brazile". ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
- ^ Renck, Tracy (November 7, 2020). "Trevor Brazile captures 8th steer roping gold buckle". Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "Trevor Brazile wins 14th all-around title in final NFR". Las Vegas Review-Journal. December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Cowboy Biographies - Trevor Brazile". www.prorodeo.com. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ "Ty Murray - Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame". Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ^ "World Champions (Historical) - Jim Shoulders". Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. www.prorodeo.com. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Rodeo: Steer Roping Champion Guy Allen Set For Old Fort Days Rodeo". Times Record. www.swtimes.com. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Trevor Brazile clinches 13th world all-around title at National Finals Rodeo". Star-Telegram. www.star-telegram.com. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Sager, Mike (June 2018). "The First Family of Rodeo". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ "Trevor Brazile retires from full-time rodeo". Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Beyond Relentless". American Cowboy | Western Lifestyle - Travel - People. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
- ^ "Roy Cooper". ProRodeo Hall of Fame. www.prorodeohalloffame.org. Retrieved June 22, 2018.