After Layoff, Gay Back at NFR

Contents:

• TERRI GAY ACCEPTS “PRICELS” SHARON SHOULRS AWARD WH HER DEARLY DEPARTED FRIEND ON HER MD
• SUNDAY CONVERSATN: DONNIE GAY, 8-TIME WORLD BULL RIDG CHAMP, ON TO-PILOT
• DON GAY
• DON GAY
• DON GAY NET WORTH
• DONNIE GAY: WRANGLER NFR MEMORI
• DON GAY
• AFTER LAYOFF, GAY BACK AT NFR
• 8-TIME WORLD CHAMPN DON GAY JOS EL PASO THBRT BROADST TEAM
• GAY GO OM CHAMPN BULL RIR TO TOP NTRACTOR
• DONNIE GAY RETIR ON TOP

TERRI GAY ACCEPTS “PRICELS” SHARON SHOULRS AWARD WH HER DEARLY DEPARTED FRIEND ON HER MD

LAS VEGAS – When Terri Gay, the wife of eight-time World Champn Donnie Gay, took to the stage at the PBR’s Hero and Legends Celebratn at the South Pot Hotel Las Vegas, she took the opportuny to poke fun at both herself and her loquac hband, who prented her wh the Sharon Shoulrs Award. “I met Terri Gay when I was 16; she was 13, ” he said.

SUNDAY CONVERSATN: DONNIE GAY, 8-TIME WORLD BULL RIDG CHAMP, ON TO-PILOT

“It tak the village to nquer your dreams, and one of my dreams has been Terri Gay.

“Nicky Wheeler had the talent and had the bt personaly and sense of humor and tght me what the word humble meant -I didn’t have much humblens as you know and I didn’t re – but I learned what was by beg around him – he did not get exclud om anythg, jt a great person, ” said 8 Time PRCA World Champn bull rir Don Gay. In 1977 he jumped the tck and airplane wh Don Gay and end the year ridg 9 of ten bulls at the Natnal Fals Roo Oklahoma Cy and won two rounds - earng around $2, 000.

DON GAY

Don Gay remembers the story. He will have the opportuny, ” said Gay.

DON GAY

“He had more abily than me, Tuff Heman, and Jim Shoulrs all rolled together, ” ntued Gay.

DON GAY NET WORTH

Dcribed by Gay as havg an herent unique natural abily.

BILLINGS — Donnie Gay wanted to be the world bull ridg champn at 5 years old.

Gay won eight PRCA bull ridg world tl by the time all was said and done a roo reer that began at the age of 16 1969.

DONNIE GAY: WRANGLER NFR MEMORI

But Gay was far om fished wh the sport after retirg om petn.

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Gay was ducted to the ProRoo Hall of Fame 1979, followed by his father Neal 1993, beg the first father-son duo to achieve the honor.

AFTER LAYOFF, GAY BACK AT NFR

MTN Sports ught up wh Gay when he was Billgs earlier this year attendg the Montana ProRoo Hall and Wall of Fame banquet, and the legend shared stori on topics om bull ridg to flyg, his two favore passns. Donnie Gay: Well ’s still there. Gay: No.

8-TIME WORLD CHAMPN DON GAY JOS EL PASO THBRT BROADST TEAM

Gay: Jt turned 21 1974. Gay: I have watched him some. Gay: I’m the reason the PBR gaed notoriety as fast as did.

GAY GO OM CHAMPN BULL RIR TO TOP NTRACTOR

Gay: Absolutely. Gay: Y. Gay: Jim Shoulrs took er huntg.

Gay: You n’t even go wh an appotment and get back to the airport the same day anymore!

DONNIE GAY RETIR ON TOP

Gay: Flyg is hours and hours of sheer boredom, and then a few sends of sheer terror. But I’m gog to tell you – nobody lov Donnie Gay more than Donnie Gay, so Jerry Nelson, my boss, he’ll fly anywhere wh me.

Gay: Oh, Mother Nature far and away. Born Mque, Texas, 1953, Don Gay grew up an aspirg bull rir around the Mque Champnship Roo – -found by his father 1958. By the time he was a sophomore at Mque High School, he had already earned his Profsnal Roo Cowboy Associatn membership.

After his high school graduatn 1972, Gay quickly found succs. Durg that time, Gay also broke the PRCA’s bull-ridg sgle-season earngs for eight nsecutive years between 1974 and 1981.