SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio’s legendary barrelman, Leon Coffee, is being inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame.
The announcement came Monday from the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. The event has had Leon Coffee as part of the rodeo since its beginning in 1983. Coffee has been a constant source of family-friendly entertainment and comedic relief for 35 years.
The Blanco native told the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, “It kind of brought me to the milk right there, it brought tears to my eyes …To know that my heroes, my friends and heroes, who are in there, and I’m in there with them – that’s just something I dreamed of. I’m just tickled to death to be in there and say, ‘Yes, I am in the PRCA Hall of Fame.’ It’s pretty wild.”
Coffee is still going strong 35 years later and will be performing next year at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo February 7-24, 2019. Tickets go on sale May 16, 2018 for the 2019 Rodeo season.
