Barry Brown

I was Born and raised in Owosso, Michigan. At the age of 15 an older brother put me on my first bull at a Wild West show in Saginaw 1959. Turning pro in1963, when I become a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys association/PRCA. December 1970, I had surgery on my chest which, made medical history. A bull in 1968, had broken my sternum completely in half and I was given a 50/50 chance of living that first night. Doctors didn't know how to repair the chest. I kept riding with the chest split in half. I was selected as the very first recipient of the Comeback Cowboy of the year award. An article written about the surgery on my chest said I had made one of the greatest Comebacks in all of sports at that time in 1971. I was named Champion Bull Rider of Florida 1973. And was a National Finals qualifier when I finished among the top 15 bull riders of the World in 1974. CBS Sports Spectacular televised a pro rodeo in Wyoming, Michigan the summer of 1975. this would be my first and only televised rodeo to ever win. I am currently seeking nominations into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame MSHOF.