Bobby Griswold Born: March 1, 1968, Toppenish, Wash.
Joined PRCA: 1990
NFR Qualifications: 4
Height/Weight: 5-foot-9/175 pounds
2011: Co-champion at the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.)
2010: Won the Will Rogers Memorial Rodeo (Vinita, Okla.) and the Barry County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Wheaton, Mo.)
2009: Won the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.); Kansas' Largest Night Rodeo (Pretty Prairie) and the Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Neb.). Finished 38th in the world standings with $24,229
2008: He won three rodeos, in Wheatland, Mo.; Oakley City, Utah; and Waterloo, Iowa, en route to his fourth trip to the National Finals Rodeo.
2007: Finished the season 21st in the world standings, thereby just missing his fourth trip to the National Finals Rodeo. He won the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, which was the first round of the newly created Ariat ProRodeo Tour Playoffs and earned him a trip to the second round. He also finished second in the Prairie Circuit year-end standings.
2006: Placed in six out of 10 go-rounds at the NFR and finished fifth in the average. He finished 11th in the world standings, earning nearly $106,000 for the season. He was crowned co-champion at the Old Fort Days Rodeo in Fort Smith, Ark.
2005: Won rodeos in Charlotte, Mich.; Abilene, Texas; Altus, Okla.; Woodward, Okla.; Burwell, Neb.; Wahoo, Neb.; and Pretty Prairie, Kan.
2004: Placed in four rounds at the NFR and finished the season 14th in the world standings. He placed third at the tour finale in Omaha and second at the tour classic in Dallas. He began the year by working his way into the finals round at the National Circuit Finals Rodeo in Pocatello, Idaho. He won the championship round at the prestigious Greeley (Colo.) Stampede.
2003: Won the Prairie Circuit's year-end title.
2001: Won the Great Lakes Circuit's year-end title.
2000: Tied for the win at the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Roundup.
1999: Finished 16th in the world standings but replaced injured Glen O'Neill at the NFR. He won the fourth round of that year's NFR and finished 11th in the final world standings. He won the average title at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
Amateur: Member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association men's team championship while competing at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford in 1991-92.
Personal: Wife, Lynn; daughters, Sarah, Sage and Shay … Lynn works for the Board of Regents in Oklahoma that governs six Oklahoma state universities … Has a younger brother, Buck, and an older sister, Patty … Competed in all six events in high school and part of college before settling on saddle bronc riding … Was a resident of Moore, Okla., on May 3, 1999, when a F5 tornado (winds measured more than 200 mph) roared through the southern metro Oklahoma City area, including Moore, causing 36 deaths and more than $1 billion in damage, the costliest tornado in U.S. history. In June of 2004, an F2 tornado ripped through his property in Geary, causing damage … Greatest rodeo moment was winning San Antonio in 1995 and receiving his first belt buckle from a PRCA rodeo. It gave him the confidence to know that he could compete in the professional ranks … Greatest influences have been his dad, Ben, along with Butch Knowles, who helped him with his riding when he started out, and Derek Clark, with whom he traveled and who taught him the business of rodeo … In 2000, at the Great Lakes Circuit Finals, he was bucked off and landed on his neck. In the landing, some rib heads from his sternum were broken off and lodged in his shoulder blade, causing him to lose mobility. As a result, he was forced out of rodeo for a while, but used the time to get his equine dentistry certification. The movements used in dentistry helped him gain strength in his shoulder and back, allowing him to return to the rodeo arena
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