Ted Nuce

Nuce qualified for the NFR 14 years in a row — an unmatched record. He was the 1985 PRCA World Champion bull rider, finished second in the world four times and won the 1994 PBR World Finals. Looking back at his storied career, Ted Nuce said that one of the most important talents of a successful bull rider is knowing how to get off a bull and get away safely. Nuce began his professional career in 1982. Three years later, he won a world title, and four times after that he would finish second in the PRCA standings. A year after winning the gold buckle, he battled Tuff Hedeman all season before finishing runner-up for the first of three years in a row. In 1987, he went to the National Finals Rodeo with a lead, only to lose out to Lane Frost. Jim Sharp beat him in 1988 – the same year Nuce won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.