PRCA Hall of Fameer, Guy Weeks dies

Guy Weeks, the 1963 world champion saddle bronc rider and 2001 ProRodeo Hall of Fame inductee who as regarded as one of the most popular cowboys of all time, died Friday at an Abilene, Texas, hospital. He was 75.

Memorial services are scheduled for Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. (CT) at First Baptist Church in Abilene. Burial will follow at Elmwood Memorial Cemetery under the direction of North’s Funeral Home.

Weeks was born Jan. 3, 1932, in Fort Worth, Texas, to a family whose existence revolved around horses. He learned to ride by the time he could walk and was roping when he was just 4 years old.

His first ambition was to be a jockey, but injury and growth put an end to that. By age 18, he was competing in rodeo, entering bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and later, tie-down roping. In 1949, he joined the RCA and began a career that spanned three decades, highlighted by a world saddle bronc title.

Weeks also finished the season in the Top 15 for the all-around championship 10 times.
Weeks later served as the association’s bareback riding director in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1964, Weeks, the reigning world champion, joined reigning Bucking Horse of the Year Big John at the National Western Rodeo in Denver for the much-publicized “Match of Champions.” Weeks won the event with a score of 84 and considered that a highlight of a career filled with many spectacular riding and roping runs.

Weeks is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jo; daughters Jacquetta and Debbie; son, Guy Jr.; four grandchildren, two great grandsons, two step-grandsons and several nieces and nephews.