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Nancy Sheppard

Year Inducted: 1991

Home State: AZ

Nancy headlined at the biggest rodeos at the age of nine, thrilling crowds with her trick riding and roping skills. She rode and roped at most of the major rodeos in the U.S. Her rodeo career began in 1939 and lasted until 1961, when she retired to devote more time to ranching and raising her family. Descended from a Texas pioneer ranching family, Nancy was literally raised in a rodeo arena, accompanying her father, a champion calf roper.