Welcome To My Tribue To Lane Frost
There has been some confusion over the name of the bull that killed Lane. IT
WAS NOT RED ROCK! Some references say that the bull was named "K.
Walsh" and also nicknamed "Bad to the Bone." Sometimes bulls names
are changed around for a rodeo, but this bull was really named "Taking Care of
Business" and was owned by Bad Company Rodeo.
Statistics and Accomplishments
1977: The family moves to Lane, Oklahoma. Where Lane continues to learn
riding techniques from his father, Clyde, and from bull riding legend, Freckles
Brown, of near-by Hugo, Oklahoma.
1983: Lane gets a full membership in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association (PRCA) at the age of 19. He also receives the "Tough Luck"
award for his unsuccessful efforts at the "Super Bull"
competition in Del Rio, Texas.
1985: Lane and Kellie Frost get married January 5, 1985. Lane earns the
championship of the "Super Bull" competition in Del Rio.
1986: Co-champion with Tuff Hedeman.
1987: At the age of 24, he finishes the season as the World Champion bull rider.
Freckles Brown dies.
1988: The first cowboy to ride Red Rock for a full 8 seconds.
1989: While competing in the Cheyenne Frontier
Days rodeo final on July 30, Frost was hit in the back after
dismounting the bull, Taking Care of Business. He had completed
his ride scoring an 85.
1990: Lane was put into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.
1994: The movie based on Lane Frost's life titled "8 Seconds" is released in
theaters nationwide.
Height: 5 feet, 11 inches
Weight: 145 pounds
Family: Wife was Kellie she remarried in 1993;
Parents were Elsie and Clyde Frost; Brother was,
Cody; and his Sister, Robin Muggli.
Pall bearers: Richard "Tuff" Hedeman, Jim Sharp, Cody Lambert, Clint
Branger, Wes Ward, and Guy Sartin.
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Oklahoma, next to his ole hero,
Freckles Brown.
National Finals Rodeo:
1984-1988 Qualified 5 times in Bull Riding,
1987 Bull Riding World Champion
1986 NFR Average Winner in Bullriding,
678 points, rode 9 out of 10 bulls.
Achievements:
Prairie Circuit Bull Riding Champion, 1983
Runner-Up for Bull Rider rookie of the Year, 1983
Winston Tour Bull Riding Runner-Up, 1986
National Finals Bull Riding Average Winner, 1986
Rode most bulls (9) at NFR, 1986
Texas Circuit Bull Riding Champion, 1987
World Champion Bull Rider, 1987
First cowboy to ride Red Rock, who was previously unridden in
309 trys.
Up Untill his death, Lane Frost was in the top
15 bull riders for 5 consecutive years.
1988 - $ 74,700 - #6
1987 - $105,697 - #1
1986 - $104,128 - #3
1985 - $ 87,100 - #3
1984 - $ 50,688 - #9
Lifetime PRCA Earnings: $489,736
On July 24, 1993, a permanent tribute to
Lane Frost was unveiled in his momory.
The life-size version of this bronze made
by Chris Navarro stands in front of the Cheyenne Frontier
Days Old West Museum. The bronze represents the spirit of
Lane and his fellow bull riders.--Photo by Ed Bales.
Quotes
Even as a kid, when I did his first TV interview in Del Rio, Texas, in 1983, he
had an infectious look about him that just told you he was a good person. He had
great eyes. If the measure of any man is how much he is loved, then Lane Frost
clearly was the most loved young man I knew. Lane was truly a world champion
in the arena, and he was a world champion in life. A lot of guys change when
they have success, and he truly didn't. - George Michael, host and producer of
NBC's George Michael Sports Machine.
I thank God he sent Lane into my life. I just wish I'd had him longer in there. -
PRCA stock contractor John Gowney who promoted the match with Red Rock.
He went out in style. I think if God told him, 'Lane, your time's up. Choose the
way you want to go.' Well, he was riding a good bull at a good rodeo. If he could
have chosen it, I think that's the way he would have chosen it. I know he would
have chosen that. - boyhood friend Wes Ward.
It's not much consolation, but he loved bull riding, and so at least I know that he died doing what he loved. - mother Elsie Frost.
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