Ty O'Neal McClary (born August 2, 1978) is an American actor.

Career

He is best known for playing the ice-skating cowboy Dwayne Robertson in '' D2: The Mighty Ducks'' and '' D3: The Mighty Ducks''. McClary became close with

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while working on the films. The two lived together for a while during filming. In 2001 he portrayed real-life outlaw Clell Miller in

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alongside

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, and

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. Today, O'Neal is a member of the

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) is the largest rodeo organization in the world. It sanctions events in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, with members from said countries, as well as others. Its championship event is the N ...

(PRCA). His events are

team roping Team roping also known as heading and heeling is a rodeo event that features a Cattle#Terminology, steer (typically a Corriente) and two equestrianism, mounted riders. The first roper is referred to as the "header", the person who ropes the fr ...

tie-down roping Calf roping, also known as tie-down roping in the United States and Canada and rope and tie in Australia and New Zealand, is a rodeo event that features a calf and a rider mounted on a horse. The goal of this timed event is for the rider to cat ...

, and

steer wrestling Steer wrestling, also known as bulldogging, is a rodeo event in which a horse-mounted rider chases a steer, drops from the horse to the steer, then wrestles the steer to the ground by grabbing its horns and pulling it off-balance so that it fall ...

. Ty also frequently hosts for Western Sports Round-Up, a rodeo centric sports show for the

Cowboy Channel The Cowboy Channel is an American cable television network in over 42 million cable and satellite homes, which carries Western programming and rodeo sports. The network was founded in 1979 as the National Christian Network, later took the name F ...

. He also is a main anchor for the Cowboy Channel and does many more TV broadcasting for them. He has appeared in a frequently played

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commercial as a

bull rider Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal tries to buck off the rider. American bull riding has been called "the most dangerous eight seconds in sports." To rec ...

Personal life

O'Neal married his wife Christie in 2005. Christie McClary is also a rodeo cowgirl who had previously modeled in woman's western wear catalogs. The couple moved to North Texas, where they raise and train

quarter horses The American Quarter Horse, or Quarter Horse, is an American breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Its name is derived from its ability to outrun other horse breeds in races of or less; some have been clocked at speeds up to . ...

. Occasionally, they travel on the PRCA rodeo circuit, of which O'Neal is a member. McClary also has a daughter, that also rodeos and does events such as Team Roping and Breakaway. She will soon be modeling in march of 2023.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1978 births Living people People from Abilene, Texas Roping (rodeo) Steer wrestlers People from Sanger, Texas {{US-tv-actor-1970s-stub