The Resume

(October 12, 1963-July 30, 1989)
Rodeo competitor
1987 National Finals Bullriding Championship Winner
Life story was basis of '8 Seconds' movie

Why he might be annoying:

He turned down rodeo scholarships for college to go pro.
He was played by Luke Perry in '8 Seconds.'
The movie '8 Seconds' contained some glaring errors.

Why he might not be annoying:

He won his first rodeo awards when he was 10.
At 16, he won a national bull riding championship.
Between 1981 and 1989, he was either a state or national champion, or had won a very large event.
He won the 1987 Pendleton Roundup Bullriding event with a broken collarbone.
He was a top ten finisher the last five years of his life.
He won a bronze medal and helped lead the U.S. team to gold at the only Olympic rodeo.
He organized a tribute event to a friend who died of cancer. It still goes on.
He was killed after successfully riding a bull named 'Taking Care of Business.'
He was the first and only cowboy to ride Red Rock.
The number '2' was retired in his honor.
Garth Brooks wrote a tribute song for him.

Credit: Lorg Skyegon

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Amateur Wrestlers
• Athletes Who Inspired a Movie
• Bow Legged
• Bushy Eyebrows
• Cleft Chins
• Dumbo Ears
• Freezing Names
• I am a Born-Again Christian
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 25)
• I Died in 1989 (Ranked: 25)
• I was Injured by Animals
• I'm Remembered in a Tribute Song
• Look at Me, I Got My Hand Down My Pants
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• Lorg Skyegon's Profiles
• Profiles 15751-16000 (Ranked: 15934)
• Puppy Dog Eyes
• Scarecrows [Tall Thin People]
• Weather Names

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 198 Votes: 46.97% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 72 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 53 Votes: 37.74% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 45.65% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 82 Votes: 53.66% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 293 Votes: 41.30% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 238 Votes: 42.86% Annoying