2003 Induction |  Spirit of Texas Award
 Nomination Process

Fred Whitfeild

Born: Aug. 5, 1967 (Houston, Texas)
Residence: Hockley, Texas
Career Earnings: (through 11-18-04): $2,284,923


Career Highlights
2002 — World champion; regular-season earnings leader in tie-down roping with $151,856; won U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. Cup Finale (Las Vegas), Calgary (Alberta) Stampede, California Rodeo Salinas, Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.), Old Fort Days (Fort Smith, Ark.), Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede, Oakley (Utah) Independence Day Rodeo, Central Wyoming State Fair & Rodeo (Casper), Walla Walla (Wash.) Rodeo, Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo (Waco); finished third in the all-around race; Wrangler NFR aggregate champion.
2001 — Won tie-down roping titles at St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, Redding (Calif.) Rodeo and Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; won all-around and tie-down roping titles at San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo and San Antonio Livestock Exposition; won Calgary Stampede $50,000 bonus-round.
2000 — Winter Wrangler ProRodeo Tour tie-down roping points leader and Copenhagen Cup Finale (Las Vegas) tie-down roping runner-up; won tie-down roping titles at Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Day and San Antonio Livestock Exposition; won all-around title at Reno (Nevada) Rodeo.
1999 — Won NFR tie-down roping average title; won tie-down roping titles at Southwestern Exposition Livestock Show & Rodeo (Fort Worth, Texas), San Antonio Livestock Exposition and La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.); won Texas Circuit all-around and tie-down roping title.
1998 — Won tie-down roping titles at Cody (Wyo.) Stampede and National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver).
1997 — Set NFR tie-down roping average record with 84.0 seconds on 10 head.
1996 — Won tie-down roping titles at Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, Reno (Nevada) Rodeo, Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), Days of '47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City) and Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up.
1994 — Won tie-down roping title at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days.
1993 — Won Calgary (Alberta) Stampede $50 000 bonus-round.
Won Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo tie-down roping title (1993 and 1996).
1991 — Won NFR tie-down roping average title.
1990 — Won tie-down roping title at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days.