Back side states: Evel Knievel, 1938-2007, an American Daredevil. The following is NOT printed on this postcard: Evel Knievel (1938 – 2007), was an American daredevil and entertainer. In his career he attempted over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps between 1965 and 1980, and in 1974, a failed jump across Snake River Canyon in the Skycycle X-2, a steam-powered rocket. The 433 broken bones he suffered during his career earned an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the survivor of the "most bones broken in a lifetime."