Career
He is of Irish descent. Mahan broke into professional rodeo at the age of 14. His consecutive all-around record was not surpassed until 1994 by Ty Murray, and his six total all-around victory was not surpassed until 1998, also by Murray.
1966 - Inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum"s Rodeo Hall of Fame.
Western Wear Entrepreneur After he retired from rodeo, he established the Larry Mahan Collection, a line of western wear. The line became available from the Milano Hat Company and Cavenders.
Songs / Singer / Songwriting Larry Mahan is one of the title characters in the song Ramblin" Jack and Mahan by Guy Clark. In 1976, he released an album on Warner Brothers (Bachelor of Science 2959) entitled Larry Mahan, King of the Rodeo.
The songs on the album are: Freckled Face and Pretty Ribbons There"s More to a Cowboy Stunt Manitoba King of the Rodeo Larry"s Salty Dog Blues Mom"s Silver Dollar Saloon Up Jumped the Devil Rosie"s Palace of Pure Love and Fingertip Massage Smokey Mountain Cowboy Ha Ha Movies television Host Larry Mahan host of Rural Free Delivery television"s Equestrian Nation.
