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Leeds lightweight Chris Knowles created a lot of interested when he made his professional debut as a fifteen year old. The blond hair, the looks, the speed and the technical skill taught by his grandfather the great Cyril Knowles quickly established the teenager as a firm favourite on the northern independent scene in the mid 1970s.
Cyril was immensely proud that his grandson was carrying on the family tradition in style. Chris mostly worked in singles matches against the likes of Al Marshall, Dirty Billy Bates and Shaun Lavery, but also learned a great deal partnering the veteran Gorilla Reg Ray in tag matches. He was just fifteen years old when he made his professional debut against Al Marshall.
Tragically Chris’s promising career, and his life, was cut short when he was killed in a motorcycle accident when he was just twenty years old.
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