He was the Bull Riding Champion of the first Youth National Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1982. In Oklahoma, he was the National High School Bull Riding Champion in 1981. The family then moved to Oklahoma and he attended Atoka High School in Atoka.

He also competed in wrestling in junior high school. His first rodeo awards were won when he was 10, at the 'Little Buckaroos' Rodeos held in Uintah Basin: first in bareback, second in calf roping, and third in the 'bull riding' (calf riding) event. įrost started riding dairy calves around age 5–6. He had an older sister, Robin, and a younger brother, Cody. His mother, Elsie, went to stay with her parents in Kim, Colorado, and he was born in the hospital in La Junta. His father, Clyde, was on the rodeo circuit as a saddle bronc and bareback rider. Early life Īt the time of Lane's birth, his parents lived in Lapoint, Utah. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. He sustained fatal injuries at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo when the bull Takin' Care of Business struck Frost with his right horn. Frost was also the only rider ever to score a qualified ride on Red Rock, the 1987 PRCA Bucking Bull of the Year. He was the 1987 PRCA World Champion bull rider. Lane Clyde Frost (Octo– July 30, 1989) was an American professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding, and competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).

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