2002 Denny Flynn Flynn qualified for nine straight NFRs, from 1974-1982, and he shares the record for most NFR bull riding average victories with three. Flynn earned a score of 98 points on Red Lightning in 1979, the second-highest score ever awarded. Often identified as the most talented bull rider never to win a world title, Denny Flynn of Charleston, Arkansas qualified for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) 10 times (1974-82, 1985) and set a record for most bull riding average titles won at the NFR (1975, 1981-82), later equaled by Jim Sharp. Flynn’s 92-point score on a bull named Ed Pivik at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in 1974 stood as the arena record for 15 years. Flynn was legendary for his toughness.
PBR Hall of Fame
Ring of Honor
Awarded in 2002
