Cody Snyder

{{Short description|Canadian bull rider}} {{Use Canadian English|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = Cody Snyder Headshot.jpg | imagesize = 200px | alt = man in black cowboy hat and blue denim shirt | caption = Snyder in 2010 | headercolor = #3F4444 | textcolor = white | birth_name = Cody Snyder | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = Canadian | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|20|1983|7|13}}<ref name="SaskToday" /> | birth_place = Redcliff, Alberta, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|5|ft|9|in|abbr=on|order=flip}} | weight = {{convert|165|lb|kg|abbr=on|order=flip}}{{efn|Height and weight in 1983 when winning the Bull-riding World Championship.<ref name="Maki2000"/>}} | website = | country = | sport = Rodeo | event = Bull riding | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = 1980 | coach = | retired = 1993 | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | highestranking = {{unbulleted list | 1983 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion | 1986 CPRA Bull Riding Champion}} | pb = }}

'''Cody Snyder''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|20|1983|7|13|noage=1}}) is a Canadian former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding. He is currently a bull-riding event producer. In 1983, Snyder became the first Canadian to win the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) bull riding world championship. He holds the highest-scored bull ride in the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA), scoring 95 points in 1983.<ref name="CPRA Media2014" /> He is an inductee of the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Ring of Honor, Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Bull Riding Hall of Fame. Since his athletic retirement in 1993, Snyder has produced over 400 bull-riding events under his company Bullbustin' Inc. He has also appeared as a colour commentator for televised rodeo events including the Calgary Stampede.

==Early life==

Cody Snyder was born in {{birth based on age as of date|20|1983|7|13|noage=1}} in Redcliff, Alberta, near Medicine Hat.<ref name="Bullbustin About" />{{efn|While several sources state that Snyder was born in the city of Medicine Hat,<ref name="AB HOF" /><ref name="Stovin2019" /><ref name="PBR Ring2" /> his biography at Bullbustin' states that he was born in the adjacent town of Redcliff.<ref name="Bullbustin About" /><ref name="Konotopetz" /><ref name="CBC2023" />}} He was raised on a ranch and his father and uncle were both rodeo riders.<ref name="SaskToday" /><ref name="Johnson1984"/> He took part in a calf-riding competition when he was five,{{efn|Snyder's first rodeo performance was in calf roping in Walsh, Alberta, in 1968.<ref name="Mason2019"/> }} began riding junior steers when he was eight years old, and rode his first bull at the age of 12.<ref name="AB HOF" /><ref name="Bullbustin About" /> He trained under hall-of-fame bull rider Dale "Hoot" Rose,<ref name="Kepke2023" /><ref name="Mason2008"/>{{efn|Dale Rose was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association Hall-of-Fame as a rodeo "Legend" in 2008, three years after his student, Snyder, was inducted into the Hall.<ref name="CRHA 2008 Inductees-Rose" /> }} who had an indoor arena {{convert|15|mi|km|abbr=on|order=flip}} away, stocked with bulls and steers. From age 14 Snyder rode a half-dozen bulls each night and at age 15 he became the Canadian amateur bull-riding champion. Snyder was also a well-regarded amateur boxer.<ref name="Johnson1984"/><ref name="Bullbustin About" /> In 1979, at the age of 16, he won the Canadian Cowboys Association bull-riding championship and obtained his official competitor cards to perform as a member of the US-based Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Canadian Rodeo Cowboys Association (CRCA; renamed the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association [CPRA] in 1980).<ref name="CCA Champions" /><ref name="Beal2010" /> In order to train and compete full time, Snyder withdrew from school in grade 11.<ref name="SaskToday" />

==Bull-riding career==

In 1982, when he was 19 years old, Snyder led the CPRA national bull riding standings.{{r|"CPRA Media2014"|p=122}} The following year, Snyder ranked second in the world and performed in a special Presidential Command Performance Rodeo in Landover, Maryland, for then-US President Ronald Reagan.<ref name="PRCA President" /><ref name="PRCA PresidentVideo" /> Snyder qualified for the 1983 National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he became the first Canadian to win the PRCA bull-riding world championship.<ref name="World Champion" /><ref name="Johnson1984" /> During that season, Snyder achieved a 95-point ride on Northcott's Confusion{{efn|Northcott's {{abbr|No.|number}} 96 Confusion was so-named because it bucked with no set pattern. It was successfully ridden (for 8 seconds) only 6 times in over 200 attempts in competition, and was selected for the CFR 9 times and the NFR 7 times. Confusion was inducted into the Canadian Professional Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2016.<ref name="CRHA-Confusion" />}} at the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR), a CPRA bull-riding record<ref name="CPRA Media2014" /><ref name="CRHA-Confusion" /> which has not been surpassed as of July 2023.<ref name="Saelhof2023" />{{update after|2024}}{{efn|On 7 May 1994, 11 years after Snyder set his 95-point CPRA bull-riding record and 1 year after he retired from the rodeo circuit, Montana bull rider Scott Breding set a Canadian high-point bull-riding record with 97 points on Sugar Ray at Cody Snyder's World Champion Bullbustin' in Calgary. Snyder happily acknowledged that Breding broke his point record,<ref name="Herald1994"/> but sources hold that Snyder maintains the CPRA record<ref name="CPRA Media2014" /><ref name="CRHA-Confusion" /> as of July 2023.<ref name="Saelhof2023" /> It may be that Breding, who was semi-retired,<ref name="Bullbustin94video" /> was not a registered CPRA competitor or that the Bullbustin' event was not CPRA-sanctioned.}}

Snyder qualified for the NFR again in 1984, 1986 and 1987.<ref name="CRHA 2005 Inductees"/> For the 1985 season, Snyder rode on the PRCA Winston Pro Tour,<ref name="WillieNiceRodeo" /> which consisted of top-tier professional rodeo athletes drafted into 18 individually sponsored teams.<ref name="PRwinston" /> Snyder was the bull rider for the Willie Nelson Wrangler Team, which debuted at the Coors Challenge in Austin, Texas, on September 5.<ref name="WillieNiceRodeo"/>

Snyder qualified for the CFR in 1982 through 1989 and in 1991, tying the record for consecutive qualifications in bull-riding and setting a record for non-consecutive qualifications.{{r|"CPRA Media2014"|p=146}} Among those years, he led the CPRA standings (in earned prize winnings) for bull riding in 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1989.{{r|"CPRA Media2014"|p=122–124}} Snyder won the CPRA bull riding championship in 1986.<ref name="CPRAchampions" /> He also holds the CPRA record for the most bulls ridden consecutively in CFR competition, with 14 performances in the 1982 through 1984 Finals.{{r|"CPRA Media2014"|p=147}}

While Snyder was competing at the 1987 CFR, the bull he was riding made a sudden lurch and Snyder was heaved over his hand, resulting in a scaphoid fracture in his left wrist.<ref name="Konotopetz" /> In February 1992 he withdrew from the rodeo circuit to have surgery on the injury, then more than four years old.<ref name="Herald1992 Scaphoid" /><ref name="Herald1992 Bonegraft" /> The bone was surgically reconstructed with bone from his hip, reinforced with three screws.<ref name="Konotopetz" /><ref name="Herald1992 Bullnanza" /> However, he continued to experience problems with his left hand opening while bull riding. After suffering a dislocated shoulder at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo in February 1993, Snyder officially announced his retirement.<ref name="Podcast" /><ref name="Kepke2023" />

Snyder served as a CFR judge from 1992 through 1995{{r|"CPRA Media2014"|p=149}} and was named CPRA Cowboy of the Year in 1994.{{r|"CPRA Media2014"|p=141}}

==Event producer==

Through 1992, Snyder felt a growing excitement about all-bullriding rodeo events which were drawing record audiences in the US,<ref name="Herald1992 Bullnanza" /> having been outspoken about the lack of recognition received by bull riders as athletes.<ref name="Johnson1984"/> He moved from Medicine Hat to Calgary in 1993 with his wife,<ref name="Podcast" /> marketing representative Rhonda Schlenker-Snyder,<ref name="PBR Ring2" /><ref name="Konotopetz" />{{efn|Snyder met his wife Rhonda when he was paraded through Medicine Hat after winning the bull riding world championship in 1983; they married in 1990.<ref name="Konotopetz" />}} and together they founded Bullbustin' Inc., a professional bull riding production company. In May 1993 they produced their first event, Cody Snyder's World Champion Bull Bustin' at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, as a spectacle that treated its athletes as stars.<ref name="Konotopetz" /><ref name="Herald1994" /> Bullbustin' Inc. was among the first to incorporate pyrotechnics into their bull riding events.<ref name="Podcast" />

Bullbustin' has produced over 400 bull-riding events.<ref name="NCMuseum"/> More than 250 of these were Professional Bull Riders (PBR) sanctioned events, including the first Canadian PBR event in 1993, the first PBR Bud Light Cup Series events held in Canada, and the first PBR Canadian National Finals<ref name="Bullbustin Events" /> in 2006.<ref name="Erickson2006"/> They have also produced over 30 events for the PRCA Xtreme Bulls tour, including the largest one-day bull-riding event at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, with over 70,000 people in attendance.<ref name="Bullbustin Events"/> Some of these events have been televised on major US networks and cable specialty channels.<ref name="Bullbustin About" />

Bullbustin' Inc. also produces various charity and private events.<ref name="NCMuseum" /> The Cody Snyder Charity Bullbustin' held in Calgary, Alberta, just before the Calgary Stampede, has raised over $3 million for local charities and has been a landmark event in the city since 1999.<ref name="Kepke2023" /><ref name="Heinen2023" />

Snyder has been a rodeo colour commentator on ESPN, TSN, Sportsnet<ref name="PBR Ring2" /><ref name="Maki2000"/> and CBC covering rodeo events. Snyder has been known as the voice of the Calgary Stampede from 1997.<ref name="Podcast" /><ref name="PBR Ring2" />

Snyder served as captain of the Canadian team for all four years of the PBR World Cup series (2007–2010) contested between riders from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the United States.<ref name="Banderas2008" /><ref name="Kepke2023" /><ref name="Mason2009" />

==Honours and awards==

*1983 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Champion bull rider<ref name="World Champion" /> *1986 Canadian Professional Rodeo Association bull riding champion<ref name="CPRAchampions" /> *1994 Awarded CPRA Cowboy of the Year<ref name="Stovin2019"/><ref name="CPRA Media2014"/>{{efn|name="Peers"|Snyder was awarded the Cowboy of the Year title in 1994 and the PBR Ring of Honor in 2006 through votes by fellow world-champion bull riders.<ref name="Kepke2023"/><ref name="PBR Ring2"/>}} *2002 Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductee<ref name="AB HOF" /> *2005 Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame inductee<ref name="CRHA 2005 Inductees" /> *2006 Professional Bull Riders Ring of Honor inductee<ref name="PBR Ring" /><ref name="Stovin2019" />{{efn|name="Peers"}} *2023 Bull Riding Hall of Fame inductee<ref name="BRHOF" /><ref name="CBC2023" />

==Footnotes== ===Notes=== {{notelist}}

===References=== {{Reflist |refs=

<ref name="SaskToday">{{cite news |title=History of the Grandstand - Looking back at bull riding in 1983 |first=Jeff |last=Rud |date=8 June 2020 |url=https://www.sasktoday.ca/central/local-arts/history-of-the-grandstand-looking-back-at-bull-riding-in-1983-4150225 |website=SaskToday |publisher=Glacier Media Group |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715005101/https://www.sasktoday.ca/central/local-arts/history-of-the-grandstand-looking-back-at-bull-riding-in-1983-4150225 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Maki2000">{{cite news |title=Athletic Snyder is bullish on his sport |last=Maki |first=Allan |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto, Ontario |date=15 July 2000 |page=S.4 |id={{ProQuest | 384402700}} }}</ref>

<ref name="Bullbustin About">{{cite web |title=About Cody |url=https://www.codysnyderbullbustin.com/about.html |website=Bullbustin |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=27 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627213709/https://www.codysnyderbullbustin.com/about.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="AB HOF">{{cite web |title=Profile – Cody Snyder |url=https://albertasportshallmembers.ca/home/profiles/276 |publisher=Alberta Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023205/https://albertasportshallmembers.ca/home/profiles/276 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Stovin2019">{{cite web |first=Ted |last=Stovin  |title=Top 10: The Greatest Bull Riders in Canadian History |date=22 October 2019 |url=https://everything-cowboy.com/featured-post/top-10-the-greatest-bull-riders-in-canadian-history/ |website=Everything Cowboy |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023205/https://everything-cowboy.com/featured-post/top-10-the-greatest-bull-riders-in-canadian-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="PBR Ring2">{{cite web |title=Professional Bull Riders Name 2006 Ring of Honor Recipients |date=4 October 2006 |url=https://pbr.com/news/2006/10/professional-bull-riders-name-2006-ring-of-honor-recipients |website=PBR.com |publisher=Professional Bull Riders |access-date=13 January 2024 |url-status=live |archive-date=17 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117045353/https://pbr.com/news/2006/10/professional-bull-riders-name-2006-ring-of-honor-recipients }}</ref>

<ref name="Konotopetz">{{cite news |title=Snyder is Tough as Ever in New Bull-Riding Career |first=Gyle |last=Konotopetz |newspaper=Calgary Herald |location=Calgary, Alberta. |date=5 May 1993 |page=D6 |id={{ProQuest|244232134}} }}</ref>

<ref name="CBC2023">{{cite news |first1=Taylor |last1=Simmons |first2=Julian |last2=Brown |first3=Loren |last3=McGinnis |title=Alberta's Cody Snyder first Canadian inducted into Bull Riding Hall of Fame |date=20 January 2023 |work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cody-snyder-bull-riding-hall-of-fame-1.6721646 |access-date=14 January 2024 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607163059/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cody-snyder-bull-riding-hall-of-fame-1.6721646 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Johnson1984">{{cite news |first=Bryan |last=Johnson |title=Cody likes his beef real mean |date=11 August 1984 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |publisher=Bell Globemedia |location=Toronto, Ontario |page=P10 |id={{ProQuest|386400342}} |quote=Most cowboys start out with a new truck and a new riggin' bag and a few bucks in their pocket. They end up with an old truck and a broke riggin' bag and a few cents in their pocket. – Cody Snyder }}</ref>

<ref name="Mason2019">{{cite magazine |first=Terri |last=Mason |title=Where Legends Begin |date=9 October 2019 |magazine=Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine |publisher=Tanner Young Publishing Group |location=Cooking Lake, Alberta |url=https://cowboycountrymagazine.com/2019/10/where-legends-begin/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603045130/https://cowboycountrymagazine.com/2019/10/where-legends-begin/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Kepke2023">{{cite news |first=Cami |last=Kepke |date=20 January 2023 |title=Alberta's Snyder first Canadian named to Bull Riding Hall of Fame |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9426483/alberta-cody-snyder-bull-riding-hall-of-fame/ |website=Global News |publisher=Corus Entertainment |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023217/https://globalnews.ca/news/9426483/alberta-cody-snyder-bull-riding-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Mason2008">{{cite magazine |first=Terri |last=Mason |title=In the Corral – Legends of Rodeo |date=1 August 2008 |magazine=Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine |publisher=Tanner Young Publishing Group |location=Cooking Lake, Alberta |url=https://cowboycountrymagazine.com/2008/08/in-the-corral-augustseptember-2008/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |archive-date=23 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323211719/https://cowboycountrymagazine.com/2008/08/in-the-corral-augustseptember-2008/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="CRHA 2008 Inductees-Rose">{{cite web |title=2005 Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://www.canadianprorodeohalloffame.org/2008 |website=Canadian ProRodeo Hall of Fame |publisher=Canadian Rodeo Historical Association |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829030037/https://www.canadianprorodeohalloffame.org/2008/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="CCA Champions">{{cite web |title=Past Champions |url=https://canadiancowboys.ca/past-champions/ |website=Canadiancowboys.ca |publisher=Canadian Cowboys Association |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023217/https://canadiancowboys.ca/past-champions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Beal2010">{{cite web |title=PBR Ring of Honor |first=Richard |last=Beal |date=18 May 2010 |url=https://www.richardbealblog.com/pbr-ring-of-honor/ |website=Richard Beal Blog |publisher=The Pacific Group |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715005100/https://www.richardbealblog.com/pbr-ring-of-honor/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="CPRA Media2014">{{cite web |title=2014 CPRA Media Guide – Canadian Pro Rodeo Records |page=144 |url=http://rodeocanada.com/media/Canadian_Pro_Rodeo_Records.pdf |website=Rodeo Canada |publisher=Canadian Professional Rodeo Association |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023207/http://rodeocanada.com/media/Canadian_Pro_Rodeo_Records.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="PRCA President">{{cite web |title = Looking Back at Command Performance Rodeo |first = Tracy |last = Renck |date = 3 May 2023 |url = https://www.prorodeo.com/news/2023/5/3/general-looking-back-at-command-performance-rodeo |website=ProRodeo.com |publisher = Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association |access-date = 2 June 2023 |archive-date = 7 June 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023218/https://www.prorodeo.com/news/2023/5/3/general-looking-back-at-command-performance-rodeo |url-status = live }}</ref>

<ref name="PRCA PresidentVideo">{{cite AV media |people=Silver, Peter W. (director), Eidson, Bob (producer), Barrett, Hadley (narrator) |publisher=Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association |year=1983 |location=Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland) and White House |title=Presidential Commnand Performance Rodeo |language=en-US |time=51:15 |quote= ...in strong contention for the world title, in fact this week he's in the lead for it. He comes from Canada and his name is Cody Snyder. }}</ref>

<ref name="World Champion">{{cite web |title=World Champions (Historical) |url=https://www.prorodeo.com/prorodeo/cowboys/world-champions-historical/ |publisher=Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023218/https://www.prorodeo.com/prorodeo/cowboys/world-champions-historical/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="CRHA-Confusion">{{cite web |title=2016 Inductees |publisher=Canadian Rodeo Historical Association |url=https://www.canadianprorodeohalloffame.org/2016 |website=Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023205/https://www.canadianprorodeohalloffame.org/2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Saelhof2023">{{cite news |first=Todd |last=Saelhof |title=Hall-of-famer Cody Snyder proud of Bullbustin' success in Calgary |date=5 July 2023 |newspaper=Calgary Sun |publisher=Postmedia Network |id={{ProQuest|2833421001}} }}</ref>

<ref name="Herald1994">{{cite news |first=Bruce |last=Masterman |title=Bullbustin': Sugar Ray Tamed – Montana cowboy sets Canadian record |date=8 May 1994 |newspaper=Calgary Herald |page=E6 |publisher=Postmedia Network |location=Calgary, Alberta |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-sugar-ray-tamed-montana/163919309/ |via=Newspapers.com |id={{ProQuest|244307915}} |access-date=14 July 2023 }}</ref>

<ref name="Bullbustin94video">{{cite AV media | people =Unknown (announcer); Snyder, Cody (commentator); Breding, Scot; Vold, Wayne (interviewees) | date =7 May 1994 | title =Scott Breding vs Sugar Ray - 97 Cody Snyder Event (97 pts) | type =TV sporting event coverage | url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL1qZwGAVhU | via =YouTube | access-date =10 January 2024 | location =Calgary, Alberta | quote =I retired about 3 years ago, or semi-retired | archive-date =17 January 2024 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20240117045357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL1qZwGAVhU | url-status =live }}</ref>

<ref name="CRHA 2005 Inductees">{{cite web |title=2005 Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://www.canadianprorodeohalloffame.org/2005 |website=Canadian ProRodeo Hall of Fame |publisher=Canadian Rodeo Historical Association |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=19 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419195805/https://www.canadianprorodeohalloffame.org/2005/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="WillieNiceRodeo">{{cite magazine |title=Time Capsule: Willie Nelson – Willie Nice Rodeo Team |first=Matt |last=Naber |date=5 March 2021 |page=18 |magazine=ProRodeo Sports News |location=Colorado Springs, Colorado |issn=0161-5815 |oclc=3832409 |url=https://prorodeo.cld.bz/ProRodeo-Sports-News-March-5-2021/18/ |publisher=Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023204/https://prorodeo.cld.bz/ProRodeo-Sports-News-March-5-2021/18/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="PRwinston">{{cite web |title=Winston Tour Paved Way for Wrangler Champions Challenge |url=https://www.prorodeo.com/news-notes-archive/2013/06/10/winston-tour-paved-way-for-wrangler-champions-challenge |website=ProRodeo.com |publisher=Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023218/https://www.prorodeo.com/news-notes-archive/2013/06/10/winston-tour-paved-way-for-wrangler-champions-challenge |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="CPRAchampions">{{cite web |title=Canadian Professional Rodeo Association Champions 1945–2018 |url=http://www.rodeocanada.com/past_champions.htm#21 |website=Pro Rodeo Canada |publisher=Canadian Professional Rodeo Association |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023206/http://www.rodeocanada.com/past_champions.htm#21 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Herald1992 Scaphoid">{{cite news |first=Doug |last=Abraham |title=Hazer leads Canadian bulldoggers |date=26 February 1992 |newspaper=Calgary Herald |page=F3 |publisher=Postmedia Network |location=Calgary, Alberta |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-hazer-leads-canadian-bull/163919388/ |via=Newspapers.com |id={{ProQuest|244135662}} |access-date=17 January 2024 }}</ref>

<ref name="Herald1992 Bonegraft">{{cite news |first= Doug |last= Abraham |title= Smokin' Joe will go all out |date=15 April 1992 |newspaper=Calgary Herald |page=F6 |publisher=Postmedia Network |location=Calgary, Alberta |id={{ProQuest|244173519}} }}</ref>

<ref name="Herald1992 Bullnanza">{{cite news |first= Doug |last= Abraham |title= Bull riders find events a bullnanza |date=22 April 1992 |newspaper=Calgary Herald |page=C4 |publisher=Postmedia Network |location=Calgary, Alberta |id={{ProQuest|244173398}} }}</ref>

<ref name="Podcast">{{cite podcast |host=Rasmussen, Flint |work=According to Flint |title=Episode 72 – Cody Snyder |via=YouTube |date=6 July 2023 |time=27:30 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEGj1OvzbwA |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715005120/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEGj1OvzbwA&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="NCMuseum">{{cite web |title=PBR Ring of Honor Cody Snyder |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/collections/awards/pbr/honorees/cody-snyder/#:~:text=In%201983%20Snyder%20made%20history,Rodeo%20Association%27s%20champion%20in%201986 |publisher=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715005101/https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/collections/awards/pbr/honorees/cody-snyder/#:~:text=In%201983%20Snyder%20made%20history,Rodeo%20Association%27s%20champion%20in%201986 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Bullbustin Events">{{cite web |title=Bullbustin Events |url=https://www.codysnyderbullbustin.com/events.html |publisher=Bullbustin |access-date=3 July 2023 |archive-date=31 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731182256/https://www.codysnyderbullbustin.com/events.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Erickson2006">{{cite news |first=Dwayne |last=Erickson |title=PRB elite induction shocks Snyder |date=21 October 2006 |work=Calgary Herald |page=E6 |id={{ProQuest|245435007}} }}</ref>

<ref name="Heinen2023">{{cite news |first=Laurence |last=Heinen |title=Bullbustin' fundraiser enters its 24th year |date=5 July 2023 |newspaper=Calgary Herald |publisher=Postmedia Network |page=NP9 |id={{ProQuest|2833432194}} }}</ref>

<ref name="Banderas2008">{{cite news |title=World Leaders in Bull Riding Compete in World Cup |first=Keith Ryan |last=Cartwright |location=Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico |date=August 2008 |url=http://www.banderasnews.com/0808/nw-pbrworldcup.htm |website=BanderasNEWS |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023204/http://www.banderasnews.com/0808/nw-pbrworldcup.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Mason2009">{{cite magazine |first=Terri |last=Mason |title=In the Corral |date=1 December 2009 |magazine=Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine |publisher=Tanner Young Publishing Group |location=Cooking Lake, Alberta |url=https://cowboycountrymagazine.com/2009/12/in-the-corral-decjan-2010/ |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715005101/https://cowboycountrymagazine.com/2009/12/in-the-corral-decjan-2010/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="PBR Ring">{{cite web |title=PBR Heroes & Legends |url=https://pbr.com/heroes-legends#ring |website=PBR.com |publisher=Professional Bull Riders |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520204623/https://pbr.com/heroes-legends#ring |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="BRHOF">{{cite web |title=Cody Snyder |url=https://thebullridinghof.com/pages/inductee-list |publisher=Bull Riding Hall of Fame |location=Fort Worth, Texas |access-date=2 June 2023 |archive-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608111638/https://thebullridinghof.com/pages/inductee-list |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.codysnyderbullbustin.com/ Cody Snyder's Bullbustin']

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