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MY NAMESAKE & GREAT UNCLE JAKE MCCLURE

It’s been pretty cool over the years how many rodeo people have named their kids Jake or Clay after Clay (Cooper) and I. I was named after my Great Uncle Jake McClure, who was the 1930 world champion calf roper. I’m pretty proud of that, and like hearing old stories about the cowboy and rancher he was. They say he was known for using a really

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