Evel Knievel's Injury List

Injury List

Evel Knievel's fame as a motorcycle daredevil has come at a price: multiple fractures of many of his bones. 14 open-reduction surgeries (to repair or replace bones, some with steel screws, pins or rods) and, over his career, 36 months in the hospital.


Evel Injuries

Date

 Event  Results
Jan. 1st, 1968 Fountains - Caesar's
Palace in Los Vegas		 Crashed
Sept. 20th, 1970 13 cars in Seattle, WA Successful
Jan. 8th, 1971  13 cars at the
Houston Astrodome		 Successful
Feb. 28th, 1971 Set World record at Ontario, CA by jumping 19 Dodge cars. Successful
May 10th, 1971 13 Pepsi Cola trucks in Yakima, WA Crashed
March 3rd, 1972 San Francisco's
Cow Palace		 Crashed
Feb. 18th, 1973 50 cars at Los
Angeles Coliseum		 Successful
August 20th, 1974 135 feet over 13 - eight foot wide Mack Trucks at the Canadian National Exposition. Successful
Sept. 8th, 1974 1/4 mile - Skycycle
Snake River Canyon		 Unsuccessful
May 31st, 1975 13 double-tiered buses - Wembley Stadium in London, England Crashed
October 25th, 1975 14 Greyhound buses at King's Island in Ohio. Successful
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