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Military Rodeo Cowboy Hall Of Fame
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Inductees
    • 2018 Ron Arrington
    • 2018 Lynn Mattocks
    • 2018 Dan May
    • 2018 David Misner
    • 2018 Caesar Ozuna
    • 2018 Freddie Waltz
    • 2019 Wayne Boney
    • 2019 Sonny Borrelli
    • 2019 Roy Madden
    • 2019 Cotton Rosser
    • 2019 Bill Stepp
    • 2019 Steve Wood
    • 2021 Jewels Borrelli
    • 2021 Bill Hiscock
    • 2021 Scott McCloud
    • 2021 Greg Richins
    • 2021 Jack Walker
    • 2022 Alan Jacob
    • 2022 Billy Brown
    • 2022 Quint Theriault
    • 2022 Jason Scott
    • 2022 Steve Stollfus
    • 2024 Jessica Beck
    • 2024 Sam Lee
    • 2024 Brad McCassie
    • 2024 Garret McCaslin
    • 2024 Chad Nicholson
  • Nominations
  • Military Rodeo History
    • Early Years
    • The MRA
    • The ERCA
    • The MRCA
    • The MBR
    • Return of the MRCA
    • Record Book
  • Scholarships
  • Ceremony Videos

Freddie Waltz, MSgt, USMC

Contract Act * Inducted 2018

 Freddie Waltz wasn’t raised in an area that typically produces cowboys. Tiny Wapakoneta, OH isn’t a hotbed of rodeo activity; however Freddie did compete during high school in Bareback Riding and as a Bullfighter. He enlisted in the Marine Corp in 1970 serving as a Counterintelligence (CI) Specialist where he spent three years as part of the Viet Nam Peace Talks and the SALT Talks. One of his last assignments was team chief of the CI team entering Kuwait at the beginning of Operation Desert Shield in 1990.


Freddie first became involved in military rodeo in 1981 while stationed at Marine Corp Air Station Tustin, CA where he helped establish the rodeo team. He coached the Bareback Riders and worked as a Bullfighter at military rodeos. He fought bulls and did barrel man duty at Del Mar, CA, Camp Pendleton, CA, 29 Palms, CA and many open rodeos. Freddie was selected to fight bulls at the 1982 and 1983 military world championship rodeos in Yuma, AZ where they had over 100 bull riders entered. In 1984 he attended two Skipper Voss bullfighting schools and was able to get his PRCA card. 


While continuing to work military rodeos, Freddie worked a full slate of PRCA rodeos throughout the western states and was ranked in the PRCA’s top 10 “Man in the Can” for his barrel work. He entertained crowds at many rodeos with his popular Rollskinhardy Ambulance Service and the Worlds Smartest Dog acts.


When MSgt Waltz retired from the military he became a Corrections Officer in Ramsey County, MN. After 16 years in this role and a long time away from rodeo, Freddie returned to action in 2018 working new rodeos and adding a new act called For Cowpokes Only which is sure to be hit.


Born: 1951 in Lima, OH 

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