important things
to know:
to know:
"There were a couple of women I should have screwed that I didn't, there were a couple of ramps I wish I had hit a bit faster.
But apart from that, I have had a good life."
"People said I wasn't scared before a jump. That is bullshit. I was scared. I'd have a shot of Wild Turkey whisky before each
jump to calm myself."
Favorite drink: The Montana Mary: beer, tomato juice, and Wild Turkey whiskey.
35 broken bones.
1953 Arrested for stealing hubcaps.
1953 The name Evil Knievel is born. A prison guard jokes that he has local gangster "Awful (Bill) Knofeel and "Evil Knievel
the hub cap thief in the same cell. The name was later legally changed to Evel to avoid upsetting religious fans.
1965 (Lake Washington) Trying to attract attention to his motorcycle dealership, Knievel leaps off a ramp and clear a
mountain lion, but lands on a box of rattlesnakes, scattering the venomous snakes and the spectators.
1 Jan 1968 Attempting to clear the fountains at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, he lands awkwardly. His rag-doll somersaults
leave him in a coma for 29-days with a shattered pelvis, fractured hip, and smashed right femur. Surgeons rebuild his leg with
a two foot long, three inches wide strip of steel.
10 May 1971 Both femurs are snapped after he tumbles clearing 13 Pepsi trucks in Yakima, Washington.
3 Mar 1972 Cow Palace, San Francisco. Broken back and concussion.
8 Sep 1974 In Idaho, daredevil Evel Knievel climbs into his X-2 Skycycle (really just a rocket on wheels) and hits the
ignition. The vehicle manages to clear the quarter-mile-wide Snake River Canyon, but then the parachute deploys
prematurely and prevailing winds push him back into the chasm. Total ripoff.
31 May 1975 Wembley Stadium, London. Evel crashes after clearing 13 double decker buses. Despite a broken pelvis, he
gets on his feet to reach the microphone and announce he will never jump again.
25 Oct 1975 Defiant after the Wembley crash, Evel successfully jumped 14 Greyhound buses at King's Island in Ohio.
1976 Evel fails during a practice run over a tank of killer sharks at Chicago Amphitheater. Concussion and two broken arms.
A cameraman loses an eye from a flying piece of shrapnel.
1977 Evel batters publicist Sheldon Saltman with a baseball bat. Evel said stories of drug use in a book Saltman wrote are lies.
"I broke his arms so he couldn't write anymore lies. I should have killed him," Evel said. Evel serves just six months of three
years. I had casts on both arms because they were both broken. The only reason I took a guy with me is because I was afraid
he’d take a ball bat and beat the hell out of me. But I only broke his arms to teach him a lesson, to set an example –
that you shouldn’t write lies about people. That’s all I did that for. What he said about my mother I should have
killed him for. I should have killed that little bastard.
10 Oct 1994 Evel Knievel is arrested in a Sunnyvale, California topless bar for beating 22-year-old girlfriend Krystal
Kennedy back at the Comfort Inn motel.
Jan 1998 Golf. A tumble near a bunker means Evel finally has to succumb to a hip replacement.
Jul 1998 Jacuzzi. Slipping on a wet railing, he falls and breaks a rib.
But apart from that, I have had a good life."
"People said I wasn't scared before a jump. That is bullshit. I was scared. I'd have a shot of Wild Turkey whisky before each
jump to calm myself."
Favorite drink: The Montana Mary: beer, tomato juice, and Wild Turkey whiskey.
35 broken bones.
1953 Arrested for stealing hubcaps.
1953 The name Evil Knievel is born. A prison guard jokes that he has local gangster "Awful (Bill) Knofeel and "Evil Knievel
the hub cap thief in the same cell. The name was later legally changed to Evel to avoid upsetting religious fans.
1965 (Lake Washington) Trying to attract attention to his motorcycle dealership, Knievel leaps off a ramp and clear a
mountain lion, but lands on a box of rattlesnakes, scattering the venomous snakes and the spectators.
1 Jan 1968 Attempting to clear the fountains at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, he lands awkwardly. His rag-doll somersaults
leave him in a coma for 29-days with a shattered pelvis, fractured hip, and smashed right femur. Surgeons rebuild his leg with
a two foot long, three inches wide strip of steel.
10 May 1971 Both femurs are snapped after he tumbles clearing 13 Pepsi trucks in Yakima, Washington.
3 Mar 1972 Cow Palace, San Francisco. Broken back and concussion.
8 Sep 1974 In Idaho, daredevil Evel Knievel climbs into his X-2 Skycycle (really just a rocket on wheels) and hits the
ignition. The vehicle manages to clear the quarter-mile-wide Snake River Canyon, but then the parachute deploys
prematurely and prevailing winds push him back into the chasm. Total ripoff.
31 May 1975 Wembley Stadium, London. Evel crashes after clearing 13 double decker buses. Despite a broken pelvis, he
gets on his feet to reach the microphone and announce he will never jump again.
25 Oct 1975 Defiant after the Wembley crash, Evel successfully jumped 14 Greyhound buses at King's Island in Ohio.
1976 Evel fails during a practice run over a tank of killer sharks at Chicago Amphitheater. Concussion and two broken arms.
A cameraman loses an eye from a flying piece of shrapnel.
1977 Evel batters publicist Sheldon Saltman with a baseball bat. Evel said stories of drug use in a book Saltman wrote are lies.
"I broke his arms so he couldn't write anymore lies. I should have killed him," Evel said. Evel serves just six months of three
years. I had casts on both arms because they were both broken. The only reason I took a guy with me is because I was afraid
he’d take a ball bat and beat the hell out of me. But I only broke his arms to teach him a lesson, to set an example –
that you shouldn’t write lies about people. That’s all I did that for. What he said about my mother I should have
killed him for. I should have killed that little bastard.
10 Oct 1994 Evel Knievel is arrested in a Sunnyvale, California topless bar for beating 22-year-old girlfriend Krystal
Kennedy back at the Comfort Inn motel.
Jan 1998 Golf. A tumble near a bunker means Evel finally has to succumb to a hip replacement.
Jul 1998 Jacuzzi. Slipping on a wet railing, he falls and breaks a rib.
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