Cody Lambert
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Cody Lambert is a former professional saddle bronc & bull rider. He was a Champion Bull Riding
Cowboy and Vice President of the Professional Bull Riders, Inc.
He created the protective vest that most Professional Bull Riders wear, after seeing the death of his friend, Lane Frost
at the Cheyenne Frontier Days
Rodeo
in Cheyenne, Wyoming
.http://www.lanefrost.com/Cheyenne.htm on July 30, 1989.
Cody, Lane Frost
, Ty Murray
, "Razor" Jim Sharp and Tuff Hedeman
frequently rode the rodeo circuit together and were known as the "Wolfpack" during that time.
Cody was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
Cody Lambert retired from bull riding at the end of the 1996 PBR World Finals. He is currently the Vice President and Livestock Director of the PBR, as well as a judge at its Built Ford Tough Series events. On occasions he also provides some color commentary on Versus
-televised PBR events. He currently makes his home in Merkel
, Texas
.
Cody currently lives on a ranch with his wife, Leanne, and their horses and dogs.
In the Lane Frost
biographical drama, 8 Seconds
(1994), Lambert was portrayed by Red Mitchell.
Bull riding
Bull riding refers to rodeo sports that involve a rider getting on a large bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal attempts to buck off the rider....
Cowboy and Vice President of the Professional Bull Riders, Inc.
Professional Bull Riders, Inc.
Professional Bull Riders, Inc. is an international professional bull riding organization based in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. PBR events are televised on Versus, Fox, CBS and NBC...
He created the protective vest that most Professional Bull Riders wear, after seeing the death of his friend, Lane Frost
Lane Frost
Lane Clyde Frost was a professional bull rider and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association member, who died in the arena at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo as a result of injuries sustained riding the bull "Takin' Care of Business".-Early life:Lane was born on October 12, 1963. At that time,...
at the Cheyenne Frontier Days
Frontier Days
Cheyenne Frontier Days, held annually since 1897, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, claims to be one of the largest outdoor rodeo and western celebrations in the world. The event, which occurs during 10 days centered around the last full week in July, draws close to 200,000 people to the area every year...
Rodeo
Rodeo
Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...
in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...
.http://www.lanefrost.com/Cheyenne.htm on July 30, 1989.
Cody, Lane Frost
Lane Frost
Lane Clyde Frost was a professional bull rider and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association member, who died in the arena at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo as a result of injuries sustained riding the bull "Takin' Care of Business".-Early life:Lane was born on October 12, 1963. At that time,...
, Ty Murray
Ty Murray
Ty Monroe Murray is a nine-time World Champion rodeo cowboy and co-founder and board adviser of the Professional Bull Riders.-Early life:...
, "Razor" Jim Sharp and Tuff Hedeman
Tuff Hedeman
Richard Neale "Tuff" Hedeman is a retired 3 time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Champion bull rider, as well as the 1995 Professional Bull Riders World Champion, and is the current president of Championship Bull Riding...
frequently rode the rodeo circuit together and were known as the "Wolfpack" during that time.
Cody was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
Cody Lambert retired from bull riding at the end of the 1996 PBR World Finals. He is currently the Vice President and Livestock Director of the PBR, as well as a judge at its Built Ford Tough Series events. On occasions he also provides some color commentary on Versus
Versus (TV channel)
Versus is a sports-oriented cable television channel in the United States. It was previously known as Outdoor Life Network and was launched on July 1, 1995, focusing on fishing, hunting, and other outdoor sports...
-televised PBR events. He currently makes his home in Merkel
Merkel, Texas
Merkel is a town in Taylor County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,637 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Abilene, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Merkel is located 17 miles west of Abilene near the Interstate Highway 20....
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
.
Cody currently lives on a ranch with his wife, Leanne, and their horses and dogs.
In the Lane Frost
Lane Frost
Lane Clyde Frost was a professional bull rider and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association member, who died in the arena at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo as a result of injuries sustained riding the bull "Takin' Care of Business".-Early life:Lane was born on October 12, 1963. At that time,...
biographical drama, 8 Seconds
8 Seconds
8 Seconds is a 1994 biographical film about American rodeo legend and world bull riding champion Lane Frost. It details his life from his youth learning how to ride bulls, until his death in 1989. It was directed by John G...
(1994), Lambert was portrayed by Red Mitchell.