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Lane Frost A Fallen Champinion - College Papers

Lane Frost A Fallen Champinion

Lane Frost was a bull rider that had a talent for riding bulls and died doing what he loved. Lane died at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in a battle between a 5'11'', 145-lb. man and a 2000 lb. bull named Taking Care of Business. He rode bull the for eight seconds, then tried to get off of it but as he did the bull turned and hooked him. It broke his ribs which punctured a main artery. Because of this Lane Frost died at 1:30 p.m. July 30, 1989 (Angier 1-76). The Movie "Eight Seconds" was made for Lane about his life. That date will live in every cowboy's mind forever.
Lane was born on October 12, 1963, in LaJunta, Colorado, to Clyde and Elsie. Lane showed an interest in rodeo at the age of ...

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he got married to Kellie. In 1987, Lane became the youngest cowboy ever, at the age of 24, to win World Champion Bull Rider. In 1988, Lane took a challenge to be the first man of 309 to previously try to ride Red Rock for eight seconds (Mahrley 1-24).
Red Rock's owner and Lane had a deal that Lane would have eight chances to ride Red Rock for a large sum of money. Red Rock was born in Oregon, in 1976. He is named after a rock formation near the ranch. He started rodeo when he was two. His owner became a local legend for having a bull no one could ride for six years. In 1984, Red Rock was sold to a stock contractor in California. With his new owners, who put him on the Pro Rodeo Circuit, he continued to buck off riders309 attempts was made until 1987 (Pro Rodeo 1-7).
Lane took the "Challenge of Champions", the match between the 1987 champion bull rider and the champion bucking bull. He rode Red Rock four of seven times in different arenas in the summer of 1988. He defeated all ...

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Added: 5/15/2007 04:51:30 AM
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