Tuff Hedeman

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Tuff Hedeman

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Tuff Hedeman

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LANE: Life | Legend | Legacy
1h 56m
Movie 2023

LANE: Life | Legend | Legacy

Through the people closest to him and bull riding champions...

Grand Champion
1h 33m
Movie 2004

Grand Champion

'Grand Champion' weaves the tale of a spunky young boy...

Rodeo Bloopers: Special Edition
0h 27m
Movie 1998

Rodeo Bloopers: Special Edition

A collection of rodeo bloopers featuring some of the top...

8 Seconds
1h 45m
Movie 1994

8 Seconds

This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA...

Biography

Richard Neale "Tuff" Hedeman (born March 2, 1963) is an American former professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in bull riding. He won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) bull riding world championship three times (1986, 1989 and 1991), as well as the 1995 Professional Bull Riders (PBR) world championship. He also won the 1993 world championship for the now-defunct Bull Riders Only (BRO) organization. He is also one of the co-founders of the PBR and is known for having been one of rodeo icon Lane Frost's closest friends. He and the infamous bucking bull, Bodacious, had a few historic clashes. He later served as the President of the PBR and then the President and Ambassador of Championship Bull Riding (CBR). In 2018, he formed his own bull riding organization: the Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Tour (THBRT). In 2023, Hedeman was ranked No. 2 on the list of the top 30 bull riders in PBR history.