110:(where he earned $ 2,500). At the end of that year's IRA season, Rambo was crowned the organization's all-around champion for the fourth time. After that season, he announced that he would not participate in most bull riding disciplines in the future, although he remained active in other events. In 1955, Rambo partnered with Everett Muzio to win the team roping competition at the Reno Rodeo, a feat he repeated in 1958 with Jim Rodriguez. Rambo was the 1957 all-around winner at the
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all-around championship of a major show all in 10 days' competition, plus three individual event championships for the show." Two years later, he claimed his second IRA all-around title. Rambo was the all-around champion, and the leading earner in saddle bronc riding and bareback bronc riding, in that year's
Newhall-Saugus Rodeo, and he was the leader in two disciplines at
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At 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and 180 pounds (82 kg) during his peak years in rodeo, Rambo was noted for his versatility. He participated in bareback and saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, steer roping, and steer wrestling. In addition, he took part in team roping events. Porter
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In 1946, he won the all-around IRA season championship. Rambo was the season earnings leader in each of the five disciplines that comprised the IRA all-around standings, becoming the first cowboy to accomplish the feat. In addition, he was the first "to win an all-around world championship and the
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International Rodeo Association (IRA) events in the 1940s and 1950s. Rambo won the IRA's all-around cowboy season championship four times between 1946 and 1950. He took part in numerous disciplines, including saddle bronc riding, steer roping, steer wrestling, and tie-down roping.
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California Rodeo Salinas four times in a six-year span between 1957 and 1962. Rambo was a member of the RCA's board of directors from 1962 to 1965.
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95:(RCA) all-around cowboy season standings, behind
419:"Rambo Cops Top Honors At Saugus, Calif., Rodeo"
301:"California Ranch Owner Wins World Cowboy Crown"
136:Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame
635:. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
275:"600,000 Take In Garden's Rodeo To Set Record"
740:Firearm accident victims in the United States
378:"Gene Rambo Title Winner At Ellensburg Rodeo"
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528:"Salinas Rodeo a legacy tradition"
327:"Gene Rambo Cops Honors at Saugus"
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356:"Throwback Thursday: Gene Rambo"
255:. September 30, 1944. p. 39
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202:White, Karen (March 30, 2002).
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607:"Gene Rambo, Cowboy, 67"
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704:. ProRodeo Hall of Fame
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