"After a police chase in 1956, in which he crashed his motorcycle,
[Robert Craig] Knievel was taken to jail on a charge of reckless driving. When the
night jailer came around to check roll call, he noted Robert Knievel in
one cell and William Knofel in another. Knofel was well known as “Awful
Knofel”... so Knievel began to be referred to as Evel Knievel..."
Sunday, February 5, 2017
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"After a police chase in 1956, in which he crashed his motorcycle,
[Robert Craig] Knievel was taken to jail on a charge of reckless driving. When the
night jailer came around to check roll call, he noted Robert Knievel in
one cell and William Knofel in another. Knofel was well known as “Awful
Knofel”... so Knievel began to be referred to as Evel Knievel..."
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