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About Fred Whitfield (rodeo)
- Fred Whitfield (born August 5, 1967) is an American former professional tie-down roper who won eight Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) world championships and three National Finals Rodeo (NFR) aggregate titles.
- Seven of those titles were World Tie-Down Roping Championships and one was the World All-Around Cowboy Championship.
- He is one of a very few black professional cowboys and by far the most successful.
- Whitfield was elected to the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2004.
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