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  1.                                  Even before he started 
  2.                                  kindergarten, Ty Murray 
  3.                                  wanted to be a rodeo 
  4.                                  cowboy. He became one 
  5.                                  of the greatest of all time 
  6. at bronco riding, bull riding, and bareback 
  7. riding.
  8.  
  9. Ty grew up around rodeo performers. His 
  10. father competed on the rodeo circuit. TyΓÇÖs 
  11. mother had been a bull-riding champion in
  12. the National Little Britches rodeo (a
  13. competition for kids). His uncle was a rider,
  14. too. 
  15.  
  16. Ty was 2 years old when his father put him
  17. on a calf for the first time. When he was
  18. 18, he joined the Professional Rodeo
  19. Cowboys Association (PRCA). That
  20.