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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductee Lee Selland passed away at the age of 80 on October 10th. A memorial service for Selland will be held Thursday, October 15 at 1:30pm at the Bismarck Elks Lodge. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Steele, North Dakota.
Selland was born in 1935 near Steele, North Dakota. From 1963 to 2005, he competed in more than 650 rodeos throughout North Dakota, Montana and beyond, participating in calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping and cow cutting.
During his rodeo career, Selland won an impressive 22 various championships around the country.
In 1970, he claimed an unprecedented achievement, winning four saddles at the North Dakota Rodeo Association championships–calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping and all-around cowboy.
Selland held offices in a number of organizations, including as president of the Bismarck Horse Club and the Steele Rodeo, North Dakota High School Rodeo and North Dakota Cutting Horse associations. He also served as director of the U.S. Team Roping Championship. He has produced and managed rodeos from Towner to Wishek and taught many rodeo schools and judges’ clinics.
In 1975, Selland was named North Dakota Cowboy of the Year and was chosen by the North Dakota Rough Riders Association and the State Highway Department Tourism Bureau to be featured in the state’s ‘roughrider’ travel promotion.
For 32 years, he taught school in addition to sharing his horse expertise and teaching horse sense.