Bio
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.
