Lee Majors Biography

Lee Majors's Tragic Childhood

Lee Majors' childhood is no less than a movie story. It includes all the dramatic factors such as death, adoptions, and revelations.

Lee Majors was born as Harvey Lee Yeary in Wyandotte, Michigan. His father, Carl Yeary,, was a manual laborer and was killed in the steel-mill accident just before his birth. Similarly, his mother, Alice Yeary, a nurse, died when a drunk driver hit her. Thus, by the age of one, Majors became an orphan.

Thankfully for the young Majors, his relatives came to the rescue. His uncle Harvey Yeary and aunt Mildred Poore Yeary adopted him and raised him as their son in Middlesboro, Kentucky.

Lee was living a healthy teenage life with his adopted family without any hint that this is not his real family. However, things all changed in one rainy afternoon.

The young Lee was in the attic looking into old boxes just out of boredom. Suddenly he came across old news clippings where the death of a couple is mentioned. Furthermore, the news stated that there was a orphan child who was adopted by Yeary of Kentucky.

Lee's world rocked when he realized that the survived child is infact him. He was saddened to know the fate of his biological parents but also grateful to his adopted parents. At this point, he decided to become sucessful and make his guardians proud.

Setbacks In the Road To Sucess

Lee Majors was athletic from a young age. He regularly participated in track and football at Middlesboro High School. He was, infact, featured in the Middlesboro Sports Hall of Fame.

Because of Lee's excellent performance in football in High School, he received a scholarship to Indiana University. The talented sportsman decided he will pursue his career in football and dreamed of being a football star.

Majors' dream, however, came crashing down when he suffered a significant back injury while playing. He became paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors did not know when he would be able to walk again. 

The College freshman, after learning about his medical condition, was heartbroken. This was not the life he was expecting. He wanted to have a successful career and make his adopted parents proud. So, he decided he will walk again and even play football.

Because of Lee's will and urge to win, to everyone's surprise, he was able to stand up in two weeks and walk out of the hospital in fourteen days. He, however, was not able to play football as medical personnel advised against it.