Clay O’Brien Cooper

Clay O’Brien Cooper has enjoyed a 30-year career in professional rodeo during which he has earned seven world championship titles and has been a 20-time WNFR qualifier. With more than $2 million dollars in career earnings, Clay remains in the top 10 of the PRCA Career Earnings Leaders.

Clay has won every major event in team roping and is considered by most to be the greatest heeler of all time. Clay was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1997 and is a model and inspiration for thousands of ropers.

World Championships

Team Roping: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994

National Finals Rodeo Average Champion

Team Roping: 1985, 1994, 2007, 2012

RAM Circuit Finals Rodeo Champion

Team Roping: 1987, 1989, 1995, 1996

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the old days
Back When Team Ropers Were Treated Like Second-Class Cowboys 
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Cowboys Share Their Life & Times in Cactus Country
Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper pose with their buckles.
Never Forget Where You Came From
Gold Buckle NFR Clay O'Brien Cooper
Getting Over the Gold Buckle Hump
Clay O' Brien Cooper
Making a Play with Clay O'Brien Cooper
Wesley Thorp Salinas Phil Doyle
Going At It with Focus, Fire and Intensity
Cotton Rosser
So Long and Thank You, Cotton Rosser
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ProRodeo's Richest Ropers: Clay O' Talks Clay Tryan's PRCA Earnings Record
Clay O'Brien Cooper
Clay O'Brien Cooper's "Student of the Game" Mindset
Clay Tryan NFR Victory Lap
Clay Tryan is Now the Richest ProRodeo Team Roper of All-Time.
The Team Roping Journal
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