I too had that toy, and haircut, and use to watch every stunt. I remember the jump over the shark tank too.
Me too, the toy, the haircut, remember putting the cards in the spokes (schwinn-banana seat-sissy bar) so we could sound like Evels Harley (he drove a Harley didn't he?) and jumping *feces*, we jumped over everything back in the day, the dog, my sister, the neighbors kid brother, three deep, four deep, whatever.
He really was an American Icon, just don't think their will be another Evel Knievel, nah I'm sure, their won't be.
69 is too young, but his body was prolly like 106.
