Unless you were a kid in the 70's you can never understand just how much of a superhero this man was to us..

This guy was such a hero to us kids of the 60’s and early 70’s.

Every kid who made sweet jumps on their bikes owes everything to this man.

Followed up on TV by a Harlem Globetrotthers game. Can’t get any more 70s than this.

I don't give a rats what kids say about his jumps because he did his stunts with heavy underpowered STREET bikes! Not motorcycles built for jumping, that's often overlooked by the haters!!!!

You gotta give it to him, jumping those older bikes heavy and hardly no shocks compared to today’s bikes. What a man!

He had one of the greatest lines later in life. He was talking about the 'modern' motocross bikes with their high travel suspension. "If I had a bike like that when I was young, I would have jumped over the moon!"

My sister got married just a few hours after this event. I remember watching right before we went to the wedding. A day to remember in Cincinnati Ohio!

One of my heroes growing up who's daring feats helped me to learn that trying to jump my mini-bike more than 8 feet was not a smart thing to do. RIP Evel.

I wish I still had my Evel Knievel lunch box and thermos. He was an American icon to me growing up in the 70's.

He was Elvis on a bike

This guy was the king. I know that today it doesn't seem that impressive, but that heavy bike and that distance wasn't possible except for this daredevil. It's a shame that so many people turned on him because of the Snake River jump when a malfunction caused the chute to open prematurity. The man had balls of steel and no one was willing to put their life on the line like this man. A true legend. Just an aside I don't know any kid that didn't want to be Evel. I had the rocket cycle toy of Evel and wish I still had it today. It was such fun and a great toy.

I was a junior in high school in 1970. I saw him jump and he has been my hero ever since. He was a legend and a true showman. There will never be another one like him!

I owe all my childhood bike wrecks to Evel Knievel 😎

im 58 this guy was insane ... if he was jumping u were glued to the TV ..A Superior maniac w every meaning of the word..

He did it on Street bikes! Triumphs and Harley. No lightweight moto cross bikes. Awesome!

As far as I'm concerned Evel Knievel made it Everytime #1 for ever 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲🇺🇸

I remember watching this on TV I was 7 yrs old at that time gosh how I miss the 70s.

This was the highest rated show in the history of ABC's wide world of sports, as it scored a 22.3 rating and 52% share.

I was there to see that! I was in the grandstand at the end of the landing ramp and looked over the railing as he went under the stands, across a ramp that was built to cover a ditch so he could cross onto the access road behind the stands. Was such an awesome spectacle to see. A true American hero!

Those were the days. Evil was definitely an American hero. As kids we all made our home made ramps and wanted thar bike. Great memories

I remember having the Evel Knievel motorcycle toy. Came with the action figure of Evel. Part of my childhood in the 70's and 80's. R.I.P Evel Knievel

I still remember my Evel Knievel toy motorcycle. What a great Christmas present.

Look at the kind of bike he did it on !!!! Unreal.......

I remember watching Evil jumping his bikes on Wide World of Sports as a kid. When the show was over I would build a ramp in the front of my house & jump my schween sting ray bike pretending I was evil. Those were the good old days.

I was 12 years old and I decided to start saving money for my first old panhead that day! Thanks Evel you helped keep me out of trouble. Go live forever sir.

All these guys jumping with an 85 pound motorcycle should take a good look at this guy, jumping with a heavy ass Harley.

Evel was one of my childhood Heroes!

I remember being a kid and watching all these jumps Evel Knievel was the man just was a different time look how prehistoric TV coverage looks compared to today where it's just non-stop video clips 70s was are the best I wish I could go back

Still remember being pissed that my parents didn't wake me up, I was 6 years old and it was live on Dutch Television late in the evening.

Back when I was young we looked up to this man while we jumped our bikes on plywood ramps and logs .

Bad ass!!! And on a freaking harley! The last bike in the would I would attempt that on.

Man, that's a bike I wouldn't wanna hit a speed bump too fast on let alone a damm ramp!!!

Brutal aceleration in a short distance!

I think what he meant to say, but couldn't back then, was he thankful his balls weighed him down 3 ft shy so that he didn't flip backwards.

That bike was heavy. You can’t compare him with others with lighter bikes. I had the toy too!

He was my hero as a kid and he's still my hero! He was a BADASS!

He was Elvis on a motorcycle, RIP Evel

Me and my brother put playing cards in are spokes and played we were Evil now my brother is gone I miss him and all the good times back then

Good Lord he must have ached so much from all his wrecks. Look how slowly he moved.

Evil jumped a few broads too. Total stud. 70s ruled. Rip

One of my better days was meeting Evel in a bar and buying him a drink.He told me he always buys the drinks and I said..Evel its time for someone to buy you a drink , please allow that to be me. We sat and talked for 45 mins.

OK, it's time this was said. Evel Knievel was a DARE DEVIL. There are some today but this is much different than a stunt man. Stunt men do the math, stunt men make dry runs, stunt men try to be as safe as possible and use the best equipment. Dare devils give it a try, they make guesses about physics. They get hurt a lot and many of them die. They have a different attitude. Robbie is more of a stunt man for sure. Evel was 100% dare devil.

If you are around my age you had a bicycle and a piece of plywood and a cinder block in the street trying to imagine you were Evel

Just heard eddie Murphy tell Seinfeld, that this man is tracy Morgan's favorite person. Tracy Morgan is a comedian am not sure how he correlated this with comedy. But this dude is fearless.

He was one of a kind

There was nobody as cool as Evel Knievel

The fact that he did it on such a heavy bike makes it even more legendary. The people that came after and broke his records need to have an asterisk next their names because they didn't have the balls to use a Harley-Davidson XR-750 like Evel.

I was a kid of the 70's. He was my hero too. I wonder if his claim he broke every bone in his body was true.

I never missed him on Wide World of Sports. He was a hero and never gave a thought to physics. I can't imagine what kind of pain he was in by the time he died, but he was a TRUE daredevil!

I just cried . He was my hero !

I'm 64 and it is still exciting to watch, sure I love Robbie Madison etc, bur Evel was really the King.

Evel Knievel AND The Harlem Globetrotters up next?!!! I was probably outside enjoying the Saturday when I could have been indoors watching Wide World of Sports!

My childhood hero and the reason I've been riding for 38 years!!!!!

If i were to go back in time to witness something in history with my own eyes I’d wanna go see this guys stunts.

Most of that day is a blur since I'm 50, but I do remember Robbie doing wheelies back and forth before the jump as well !

Man I loved Evel Knievel when I was a kid. I had the wheelie car.

Hes the man,everyone else now,is just afollower!

What a showman! Building the intensity of the crowd.This man had HUGE bullocks! I miss him RIP Evel

Evel Knievel and Elvis...they came along when we needed them the most...somebody call Heaven...we need them again!!!!

Man, I remember watching this when I was a kid, The motorcycles he used were heavy steel machines, Unlike the light weight and faster bikes these days, The man had balls of steel, I would like to see some one these days use the same style bikes and see if they could do the same thing, I would highly doubt some one could do it or would even try, His son beat all his records but not on the same bikes, Robbie was just as good as his dad but using the faster and lighter bikes, So I will always be a fan of Evil, He was a true showman from back in the day.

How many men can wear a cape and still be cool ?! Elvis, Superman, and EVIL KNEVIL BABY !!!

That jump wasnt short, that jump was awesome.

Besides the bike breaking apart on landing, this was even more treacherous because he barely had enough room to stop before hitting that guardrail

There is only one Evel...no one would have the balls, in this day and age to do what he has done..saw Evel at Detroit State Fairground in 73'..!!

We idolized Evil Knievel! Made jumps and went over trash cans!

Evel would have been a millionaire x25 today with pay per view!

As a kid I used to jump my bike over small things and this was the man who influenced me, I loved watching him as a kid in the early to late 1970s. A true American with balls if there ever was one.

He jumped like i did, Not using his brakes to control the bike... Just hold on, LOL Awesome! We were crazy back then.

He always gets that front end so high up in all of his jumps

The all time ratings champion for ABC’s wide world of sports . The Kings Island jump Scored a 22.3 rating, and 52% share..

Evel was the man in the 70s. Great childhood memories.

I was there.

Born in Cincy. I sure miss Evel…

“Do you know who the hell I am?” ~Evel Knievel on the Jin Rome show

Who remembers when there'd be a special on TV with Evel jumping something? This guy was HUGE. We all emulated him with our huffy bikes. Plywood ramps, cinder blocks, we were fearless!

🤘 Childhood hero

Every boy I knew would get his bicycle out and set up wood ramps after watching Evel jump. We jumped anything that didn't move. I ended up with 8 stitches in my chin after failing to jump 4 of my friends' bikes! Lol. That was back in the pre-PC days when being male wasnt considered "toxic".

Kids watching this today: WAAAAAAAA! TOO SCARY! I WANT MY SAFE SPACE!

Even SUB-ZERO got chills...

I think you were awesome , ' I watched those jumps on t'v when I was a kid , and couldn't believe what I was seeing ,'..'your a great man sir '..god bless "..

LEGEND!!!!

I was about 9 years old when this happened, asked my father for my birthday for dirt bike his reply "what do want be next Evil Knienel" not happening. Finally when I hit 12 year's old finally gotten one. To this day in 2021,at young age of 57,am still riding sport bikes. This man was true warrior, when you see just a skeleton of motorcycle and them old Bell helmet no protection except leather's now I really see how insane and such a talented rider he was, like they say kool kat.

He was my Hero as a kid growing up!

My Evil Knievil toy motorcycle had many sort of sucesssful jumps.

My father and I went to this seen it up close it was great.

I was at this jump...miss ya Evel....R I P.

Consummate showman of his time, breaking boundaries.

Total commitment!

Arthur Fonzerelli made a similar jump!¡!! Big deal 😜!!! Just kidding!!! THAT was an awesome display of courage!!!

Mannnn that bike is so heavy !!!!

This guy Evel Knievel he got some balls to jump that with a bike like this. Look at that Swingarm, its like toothpicks geezus. Look at the front forks, two more toothpicks. In 1975 the American Harleys and the Japanese bikes still had crap for suspension. The 1975 German "Maico 400" had the heavy duty Swingarm and front leading forks but only 45 hp. Evels 1975 Harley XR 750 had 80 hp so he had the proper speed but no good suspension. It wasn't until 1983 someone put the "choclate with the peanut butter" and you had the infamous KX 500 and the Suzuki RM 500. In 1984 Honda made the CR 500 and Robbie Knievel jumped on it, literally, with his Honda CR he beat all Dad's records. Robbie was awesome but nontheless he said about his Dad, "There will be only one Evel Knievel" not before and not since. Amen brother.

I remember that jump. Evel Knievel was awesome!

If he was also your childhood hero just gives a simple like

evel knievel did it his way as elvis n Eddie Kidd did as entertaining the world with the talent they had I give you Robert Craig knievel n elvis n Eddie Kidd 3 legends that live on xx for ever

The man definitely never had fear in his heart

He's 1 of those guys growing up: Bruce, Mahommed, Captain Kangaroo, etc.

I want a time machine and a GoPro!

Evil knievel a real bad ass know one will do 1/2 of what he Accomplished on strictly Holly Davidson motorcycles not met for jumping many try now to do his stunts but they will never use a Harley Davidson street bikes💯

I lived in Butte Montana as a kid used to see Evel alot in town I was 11 years old and Evel was my hero