The rodeo community lost one of their own earlier this month as ProRodeo Hall of Famer Rick Young passed away at 92. The legendary cowboy was known for his work as a bullfighter and rodeo clown. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
60 Years in the Arena
Young spent nearly 60 years of his life working in ProRodeo. He was known as the “Ragin’ Cajun” and later “The Agin’ Cajun” as his career began in the mid-1960s and continued until he retired in 2019 at the age of 85. Even age couldn’t pull Young out of the arena.
A long and decorated career precedes the cowboy, as he was named PRCA’s Clown of the Year in 1980. He was also selected to work the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in 1974. These weren’t his only awards as he was named Coors Man in the Can at the NFR in 1991, 1994 and 1996-97.
This career path isn’t always an easy one, and in an interview with PRORODEO Sports News in 2022 he said,…