Steve Duhon

Sport: Rodeo

Induction Year: 2022

A member of the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame (inducted in 2003) and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame (Class of 2018), Opelousas native Steve Duhon won three world championships (1986, 1987 and 1993) in rodeo as a steer wrestler and qualified for the National Finals Rodeo eight times. He twice won the steer wrestling NFR aggregate title and established a Wrangler NFR record run of 3.0 seconds in 1986. That mark was tied 15 years later in 2001.

A standout linebacker in the Louisiana Independent School Association at Belmont Academy, earning 1979 and 1980 state defensive MVP honors and 1980 honorable mention All-America recognition, Duhon also was a 1980 and 1981 state champion steer wrestler and the 1981 national high school reserve champion cowboy.

Duhon began college at LSU, where he played in every game as a true freshman linebacker in 1981. He chose to pursue rodeo, spent one year at Northwestern State on the rodeo team, and in 1985 claimed the PRCA Resistol Rookie of the Year award. He last steer wrestled in 2008. Born 5-27-1962 in Opelousas.