{{Short description|American horse racing jockey (1956–2012)}} {{Infobox horseracing personality | name = Elvis Perrodin | image = | caption = | occupation = Jockey | birth_date = December 14, 1956 | birth_place = Rayne, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|6|10|1956|12|14}} | death_place = Haughton, Louisiana, U.S. | career wins = 3,083 | race = Crescent City Derby<br>(1977, 1979, 1991, 2006)<br>Old Hickory Stakes (1979, 1982)<br>Tenacious Handicap (1979, 1980, 1983)<br>Thanksgiving Handicap<br>(1980, 1982, 1987, 1998)<br>Louisiana Futurity (1981, 2004)<br>Bayou Handicap (1982, 1988)<br>Esplanade Stakes (1983, 1985, 1989, 2006)<br>Louisiana Handicap (1983, 1993, 1997)<br>New Orleans Handicap (1983)<br>Pan Zareta Stakes (1983, 1984, 1991)<br>Truly Bound Handicap (1987, 1989, 1990)<br>Woodchopper Stakes (1987, 2005)<br>Fair Grounds Oaks (1988, 1993)<br>Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap (1990)<br>Happy Ticket Stakes (1990, 1994, 2005)<br>Lecomte Stakes (1993)<br>Risen Star Stakes (1996)<br>Valor Farm Stakes (1997, 1998)<br>Dr. A.B. Leggio Memorial Stakes (1998)<br>Ouija Board Handicap (1998)<br>Louisiana Champions Day Turf (2000)<br>Mississippi Futurity (2000)<br>Fair Grounds Handicap (2001)<br>John B. Connally Turf Cup (2001, 2002, 2003)<br>Explosive Bid Handicap (2003)<br>Colonel Power Stakes (2005, 2007)<br>Duncan F. Kenner Stakes (2005)<br>Gentilly Stakes (2005)<br>Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile Stakes (2005)<br>Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Stakes (2005)<br>Tiffany Lass Stakes (2005)<br>Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint<br>(2006)<br>Lafayette Stakes (2007)<br>Crescent City Oaks (2010) | awards = | honours = Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame (2013) | horses = Listcapade, Majesty's Imp }} '''Elvis Joseph "Tee-Joe" Perrodin''' (December 14, 1956 – June 10, 2012) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who won more than 3,000 races, rode six winners on a single racecard,<ref>[http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/67375/jockey-e-j-perrodin-easing-into-retirement BloodHorse.com - February 8, 2012]</ref> and someone the ''Thoroughbred Times'' called "a master of the Fair Grounds turf'."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2001/November/29/Jockey-Perrodin-a-master-of-the-Fair-Grounds-turf.aspx |title=November 29, 2001 ''Thoroughbred Times'' article titled ''Jockey Perrodin a master of the Fair Grounds turf'' |access-date=June 2, 2012 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305102736/http://thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2001/November/29/Jockey-Perrodin-a-master-of-the-Fair-Grounds-turf.aspx/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Nicknamed "Tee-Joe" which translates from Cajun French to "Little Joe," on February 3, 2012, Perrodin announced his retirement. Only days later, he was diagnosed as having brain cancer, already advanced to the 4th stage.<ref>[http://www.jockeysguild.com/news/2012/03/crawfishboiltobenefitretiredjockeyejperrodin.html Jockeys' Guild - March 12, 2012]</ref> He died of lung cancer on June 10, 2012, at the age of 55.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.drf.com/news/former-jockey-perrodin-dies-cancer-55|title=Former jockey Perrodin dies from cancer at 55}}</ref>
In 2013, Elvis J. Perrodin was inducted in the Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Guitar, the all-time Louisiana earner, EJ Perrodin, and Ray Salmen have been elected to the Fair Grounds Hall of Fame.|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/123436/fair-grounds-hall-of-fame-adds-star-guitar |website=BloodHorse.com |access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perrodin, Elvis J.}} Category:1956 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Deaths from brain cancer in Louisiana Category:Cajun jockeys Category:People from Rayne, Louisiana Category:Sportspeople from Acadia Parish, Louisiana