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Leon Coffee was Rodeo Houston's barrelman for 31 years. He's still entertaining crowds in Houston, but now he's doing it from the stadium seats instead of down on the dirt.
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With his bright green cowboy hat, unmistakable laugh and contagious smile, Coffee somehow managed to make a dangerous job look fun. But don't let the title rodeo clown fool you.
As a rodeo barrelman for three decades, Coffee sacrificed his body to protect bullriders by distracting the dangerous bulls trying to buck them off.
Coffee spent 31 years as a barrelman, or rodeo clown, at RodeoHouston. For three weeks every year, he sat inside a reinforced barrel and distracted bulls so riders could safely leave the arena.