Early Life
Murray was born in Glendale, Arizona, to Joy and Butch Murray. He has two sisters, Kim and Kerri. Murray's father was a former rodeo hand, owned a business in which he operated starter equipment at horse racing venues all over the United States. Ty Murray's mother was a young rider in the National Little Britches Rodeo Association, and won first place in the national Little Britches Rodeo Bull Riding competition. As a child, Murray was taught rodeo fundamentals by his father and mother, and was later mentored by then world champion bull rider and all-around cowboy, Larry Mahan, who had won more NPR 1st place "All Around Cowboy" championships than anyone in history. At the age of 9, Ty Murray was asked by his school teacher to write a paper on what he wanted to be when he grew up. His entire essay was as follows: "I want to break Larry Mahan's record."
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