Paul Tierney

(1952- ) born at Kearney, lived near Broken Bow. Professional rodeo cowboy, ranked high nationally as a money winner, earning almost $1 million during a career of nearly 20 years, and was world champion in calf roping in 1979 and all-around cowboy in 1980; inducted into Rodeo Section of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame at Oklahoma City in 1980. Consult Omaha Sunday World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, November 18, 1979, pp. 4,7 and Rapid City /SD/ Journal, December 14, 1980, pp. 1-2 and Sunday World Herald, September 19, 1982, pp. K-1, K-13 and 1998 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Media Guide, pp. 262-274, 307 and Omaha World Herald, August 26, 2005, pp. C-1, C-2.

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