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Evel Knievel's first televised jump


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1967 and ABCs Wide World Of Sports was covering a motocross race for which Evel's jump was a sideshow. They heard about the jump, thought it might make a neat segment and launched the career of America's most famous stuntman.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9SGNFEwuxKQ

Notable for several things - Evel looks like a clean-cut preppy boy in the interview, wears yellow leathers and you may be surprised by his choice of bike

It's a Triumph!

"Bones heal, chicks dig scars, and the United States of America has the best doctor-to-daredevil ratio in the world!"

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