biography
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Knievel, Evel
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professional name of Robert Craig Knievel
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pronunciation:
[kneevel, eevel]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1938– )
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| biography:
| Motorcycle stunt performer, born in Butte, Montana, USA. Raised by his grandparents in Butte, a copper-mining town, he began doing motorcycle stunts as a teenager. He embarked on an incredibly varied career (1956–65) that included professional hockey, a stint in the US Army, work in the copper mines, and eventually crime - safecracking and holdups. He ‘went straight’ in 1965 and formed Evel Knievel's Motorcycle Devils. He performed many dangerous and thrilling stunts and became a hero to schoolchildren of the 1970s. After he retired, he managed the stunt career of his son, Robbie Knievel. |
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