Larry Mahan

Larry Mahan (/ˈmeɪhæn/; November 21, 1943 – May 7, 2023) was an American professional rodeo cowboy. He won six all-around world championships and two bull riding world championships in the Rodeo Cowboys Association circuit at the National Finals Rodeo. 

Mahan shine batun shirin fim din The Great American Cowboy, wanda ya lashe kyautar Kwalejin 1974 don Mafi kyawun Fim. The ProRodeo Hall of Fame ya gabatar da shi a cikin 1979 a cikin rukunin kewaye. Har ila yau, ya gabatar da shi a matsayin Legend of ProRodeo a cikin 2010.

 Ayyukan Rodeo 
An haifi Larry Mahan a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba, 1943, a Salem, Oregon .  Ya fara fafatawa a wasan rodeo na sana'a yana da shekaru 14. Ya yi gasa a cikin Rodeo Cowboys Association (RCA) tun daga 1963. Wannan kungiyar daga baya za a sake masa suna Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) a shekarar 1975. Ya lashe lambar yabo ta World All-Around Champion na shekaru biyar a jere daga 1966 zuwa 1970, kuma a karo na shida a 1973. Komawarsa da gasa tare da Phil Lyne a shekara ta 1973 shine batun shirin The Great American Cowboy, wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Kwalejin 1974 don Mafi kyawun Fim.  A cikin 1973 an kuma nuna Mahan a cikin littafin Let 'Er Buck! na Douglas Kent Hall. An nuna shi tare da marubucin a jaket din baya na littafin.

A cikin RCA, ya yi gasa kuma ya ci nasara a kai a kai a kan hawa na bronc, hawa a baya, da hawa bijimi; shi ne na farko da ya yi hamayya da abubuwan Rodeo na karshe na kasa a cikin shekara guda. Ya kasance zakaran duniya na hawa bijimi a shekarar 1965 1967. A cikin shekarar da ta gabata, ya lashe fiye da $ 50,000; na farko da ya cimma wannan matakin a cikin kakar wasa daya. A cikin kakar 1970, ya sami fiye da $ 280,000. Ya yi shekaru goma masu wahala a cikin shekarun 1970s, inda ya lashe lambar yabo a 1973, amma tare da raunin da ya hana shi wasu lokuta.

Mahan ya sami lakabi shida, amma na karshe bai kasance a jere ba. Ya bar hawa bijimai da tagulla a shekarar 1977, kuma ya hau tagulla a wasu abubuwan da suka faru na wasu 'yan shekaru kafin ya yi ritaya daga gasar rodeo.

Ba a wuce rikodin Mahan na lakabi biyar ba har zuwa 1979 lokacin da Tom Ferguson ya lashe lambar yabo ta shida a jere. A shekara ta 1994, Ty Murray ya karya rikodin Mahan da Ferguson na lakabi shida kuma ya ɗaure rikodin Ferguson na lashe lakabi shida a jere. A shekara ta 1998, Murray ya lashe lambar yabo ta bakwai, ya wuce su duka kuma yana riƙe da rikodin lakabi a lakabi bakwai. Wannan shine lokacin da suka fara kiran Murray "Sarkin Cowboys".  A cikin 2010, Trevor Brazile ya lashe lambar yabo ta takwas, ya wuce su duka. A cikin 2018, Brazile ya lashe lambar yabo ta 14 a duk faɗin.

 Dan kasuwa na Yammacin Turai 
Mahan ya kafa Larry Mahan Boot Collection, da kuma layin tufafi. Ya kuma ba da lasisi ga sunansa ga ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, gami da Justin Boots, Gensco, da sauransu. Larry Mahan's Hat Collection yana samuwa daga Kamfanin Milano Hat tun 1984. 

 Mai kiɗa 
Larry Mahan yana daya daga cikin haruffa masu taken a cikin waƙar Ramblin 'Jack da Mahan ta Guy Clark . 

A shekara ta 1976, ya fitar da wani kundi a kan Warner Brothers mai taken Larry Mahan, Sarkin Rodeo . Mahan ya ce game da aikinsa na kiɗa na ɗan gajeren lokaci, "Ba zan iya raira waƙa ba. Na yi rikodin ... Ya kasance mai ban sha'awa, amma yana da ban sha'a". [1] Mahan da ƙungiyarsa sun buɗe wa Waylon Jennings a Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Binciken da Mahan ya yi daga baya game da kwarewar shi ne cewa "ya zama bayyananne cewa taron magoya bayan 8,000 da ke ihu sun kasance a wurin don ganin Waylon, ba ni ba".

 Mutuwa 
Mahan ya mutu a ranar 7 ga Mayu, 2023, yana da shekaru 79 a gidansa a Valley View, Texas, bayan gwagwarmaya mai tsawo da ciwon daji.

Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1943