In Las Cruces we met a rodeo clown, Bob Romer, who was a 2009 inductee into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. He was attending the Youth Rodeo Finals at the State Fairgrounds where we were staying and Tom Seay invited him and his wife to our banquet to surprise us and to interview him for the TV show.
We learned that rodeo clowns have specialties, his being bullfighter. His job was to keep bullriders safe as they rode, were caught on and thrown from bulls during their rides. Bobby came head to horn with bulls as he saved many lives and limbs of riders during his 25 year career. Of course, he had countless broken bones himself, once going back into the arena only two weeks after breaking his leg. He enjoyed his career and his wife beamed with pride as he told his story.
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