Brent Cullen Thurman (March 3, 1969 – December 17, 1994) was an American professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding.
He won a city golf tournament when he was in high school, but remained focused primarily on bull riding.
[2] Later in October of that year, he rode at his second BRO Finals; this time at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado.
Thurman volunteered in special rodeos; competitions for physically and mentally disabled youth, and was a judge at bull-riding events throughout Texas in his spare time.
[5] He planned on retiring from bull riding by the age of 30 to then focus his professional career on golf in the Senior PGA Tour.
Then, Thurman, lying on the arena floor on his left side, kept his head up briefly before slowly lowering it to the ground, losing consciousness.
"[6] Thurman's funeral service was held on December 22, 1994, at the Travis County Exposition Center in Austin, Texas.
It was named for Thurman and Lane Frost, who died at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, also killed in a bull-riding accident.