Leo Camarillo Team Roping

Five time world champion and hall of fame cowboy.

Leo camarillo team roping.

7 232 likes 11 talking about this. The son of a working cowboy and ranch foreman leo camarillo knew what discipline and hard work were all about when he embarked on his professional rodeo career. On the eve of prince harry and meghan markle s royal wedding how about a fun little flashback friday focusing on some team roping royalty. Legendary rodeo photographer ferrell butler took these shots of the top 15 pre national finals rodeo team ropers from 1973 and also that year s lone world team roping titlist leo the lion camarillo.

Jerold is 15 months younger than leo. Most know you as a team roper leo. Team roping a western horseman book. Roping was about food money and to be the best.

Free shipping on qualifying offers. By leo camarillo my memory of prescott rodeo back in the day is a major rodeo amid a chaotic weekend that a team roper never wanted to miss. The camarillo brothers learned to rope from their father ralph a champion roper in california rodeos before he turned to raising stock. Leo was a 1979 prorodeo hall of fame inductee and a five time world champion team roping 1972 73 1975 1983.

Team roping at the 1984 national finals rodeo. Old rodeo traditions and authentic western flair flavored its team roping then team tying which had a uniqueness about it that is still alive today. On top of his five gold buckles leo owns the record for most wrangler national finals rodeo team roping average titles at six in addition to his three gold buckles tee has five nfr team roping average crowns and one in the steer roping from the national finals steer roping including two with tee in 1980 and 82.