“Behind the Jumps: The Shocking Secrets of Evel Knievel’s Reckless Pursuit of Fame”
Against all odds, they actually stayed together for 38 years. The couple even had four children — two boys, Kelly and Robbie, and two girls, Tracey and Alicia.
He Once Cause An International Incident
In his early 20s, before he became a famous stuntman, Knievel founded a semi-professional hockey team in his hometown called the Butte Bombers. Using his savvy sales skills, Knievel managed to convince the 1960 Olympic Czechoslovakian hockey team to play them in a warm-up game.
When the Czech officials went to the box office to collect their payment, they found no money or receipts waiting for them. Obviously, the Czechs weren’t happy, and the United States Olympic Committee had to pay the team to avoid an international incident.
He Won A Fight With Two Broken Arms
In 1977, a man named Shelly Saltman released a book that painted Knievel in a very unflattering light. Angry by the book, Knievel set out to get revenge on Saltman. He tracked Saltman down and beat him within half an inch of his life with a baseball bat.
The miraculous thing about this awful attack is that at the time, Knievel had two broken arms. He had one of his cronies hold Saltman down while he awkwardly swung a bat at him while his arms were in casts.
He Started Riding Motorcycles When He Was 13
Most kids nowadays learn to drive their parent’s old pickup trucks on backroads or by using golf carts at the local mini putt. Knievel bypassed driving cars and went straight to riding motorcycles. According to his biography, motorcycle riding seemed to come naturally to him.
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