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Roy Cooper
Calf dirigera Roping
“Super Looper”
Living
Roy Dale Cooper was born to rope. Roy’s dad, Dale “Tuffy” Cooper, a Fellow TRHoF member, was his coach, teacher, and most loyal fan. Roy was born in Hobbs, New Mexico on November 13,
Roy started competing in the AJRA where he was named the Most Outstanding Individual in 25 Years. He went on to become the National High School Champion, the NIRA Champion (a title his dad won in ), and a PRCA Champion. Roy had the honor of winning Calgary, Pendleton, and Cheyenne in the same year. He was also the PRCA Rookie of the Year and World Champion in
Roy holds 8 World Championships which include Tie-down roping in , , and leda roping and all-around in Cooper is one of only 3 cowboys to be a Triple Cr • Roy was born on November 13, , to Betty and Tuffy Dale Cooper in Hobbs, New Mexico. He, along with his brother, Clay Tom, and sister, Betty Gale (deceased), grew up on the family ranch. From an early age, Roy was coached by his father in the proper techniques of roping, leading him to win at youth rodeos across the southwest. His winning ways continued through high school, where in he won the National High School Champion Calf Roping title, and in college at Cisco Jr. College in Cisco, Texas, and Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma, where in he won the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Calf Roping title. Membership in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) came in , where as a rookie he competed in the first of 18 National Finals calf roping events and ended the year with 1st in the NFR average as well as a World Champion title. A severed wrist in only delayed his competition, and he went on to win the NFR average. World Cham • American rodeo cowboy (born ) This article is about the former New Mexico rodeo cowboy. For the current Governor of North Carolina, see Roy Cooper. Roy Dale Cooper (born November 13, )[1] is an American former professional rodeocowboy who competed in Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) events for more than two decades. He won the all-around world championship in and claimed seven individual discipline championships, including six tie-down roping titles. Cooper won the PRCA's Rookie of the Year award in , and was nicknamed "Super Looper" for his roping ability.[2] The ProRodeo Hall of Fame inducted Cooper in its Tie-Down Roping category in Cooper was born in Hobbs, New Mexico, and raised on a ranch.[2][3] He suffered from asthma in his youth, and hair from horses caused him allergies.[3] However, he began to practice roping when he was three to five years old, depending Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper (rodeo cowboy)
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