The many injuries of Evel Knievel.
“There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke”
Evel Knievel hurt himself. A Lot. It seems strange now when you see how badly a lot of his stunts went, it seems people were happy to see the man fail just as much as they wanted to see him safely complete a jump.
I wonder if he has the record for most motorbike accidents? All of the modern day stunt men seem to do crazy jumps with hardly any problem these days, however even when a jump goes well it can still lead to broken bones. Robbie Maddison did a drop onto a ramp from a building for a New Years Eve celebration, landed the jump well but still managed to break his wrist in the process!
