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"Dr. Death" Steve Williams

American professional and amateur wrestler, football player and author (1960-2009)
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"Dr. Death" Steve Williams
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Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
May 14, 1960
Date of death
December 29, 2009
Place of birth
Lakewood
Place of death
Denver
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
professional wrestler, American football player, amateur wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter
Educated at
University of Oklahoma[10]
Award received
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame[11]
Cause of death
esophageal cancer[16]
Country for sport
United States, Japan[24][25]
Family name
Williams[21]
Given name
Steve[22]
Head coach
Bill Watts[14]
Height
+188[27]
Manner of death
natural causes[23]
Mass
+127[28]
Member of sports team
Oklahoma Sooners football[13]
Position played on team / speciality
defensive tackle[15]
Sport
American football, wrestling, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts[17][18][19][20]
Start of work period
1983[26]
🏷️ Also known as
en "Dr. Death" Steve Williams en Steven Williams en Steve Williams ar ستيف وليامز cs "Dr. Death" Steve Williams de Dr. Death fa استیو ویلیامز (ورزشکار) it "Dr. Death" Steve Williams ja スティーブ・ウィリアムス pt Steven Williams ro Steven Williams tr Steven Franklin Williams zh 史提夫·威廉斯
🔖 Identifiers · 23
VIAF cluster ID
24043256
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2007006990
CageMatch worker ID
400
FAST ID
1665780
Find a Grave memorial ID
46146653
Freebase ID
/m/064k1c
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)
3005-31575
Giant Bomb Wiki ID
Characters/Dr_Death_Steve_Williams
HAND ID
74EE-A34E-5352-9DA8-155A
IMDb ID
nm0931732
Internet Wrestling Database ID
steve-williams-498
Kinobox person ID
920400
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National Wrestling Hall of Fame wrestler ID
12564
Online World of Wrestling ID
steve-williams
Open Library ID
OL5322435A
SNAC ARK ID
w61p112q
Sherdog fighter ID
9942
TMDB person ID
1155587
Trading Card Database name ID
55565
WWE superstar ID
dr-death-steve-williams
WikiTree person ID
Williams-131872
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmdyVGk34Tdp8yPyPRxjC
Wrestlingdata person ID
237

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🔗 Connections
Sport 4
wrestling, American football, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling
Country for sport 2
United States, Japan
Award received 1
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame
Cause of death 1
esophageal cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
University of Oklahoma
Family name 1
Williams
Given name 1
Steve
Head coach 1
Bill Watts
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Occupation 1
professional wrestler
Place of birth 1
Lakewood
Place of death 1
Denver
Position played on team / speciality 1
defensive tackle
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams was born on May 14, 1960[1], in Lakewood[2]. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams died on December 29, 2009[3], in Denver[4]. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams worked as a professional wrestler[5], American football player[6], amateur wrestler[7], and mixed martial arts fighter[8].

FAQs

Where was "Dr. Death" Steve Williams born?

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams's place of birth was Lakewood[2].

Where did "Dr. Death" Steve Williams die?

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams passed away in Denver[4].

What did "Dr. Death" Steve Williams do for work?

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams worked as a professional wrestler[5], American football player[6], amateur wrestler[7], and mixed martial arts fighter[8].

Where did "Dr. Death" Steve Williams go to school?

"Dr. Death" Steve Williams was educated at University of Oklahoma[10].

What awards did "Dr. Death" Steve Williams receive?

Honors received include Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame[11].

Related Entities

Japan United States University of Oklahoma

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . prowrestling.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 74EE-A34E-5352-9DA8-155A
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46379: HAND ID (2)"
  2. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cause of death → esophageal cancer
    Start of work period → 1983
    Family name → Williams
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Giant Bomb Wiki ID: Characters/Dr_Death_Steve_Williams, Adding missing P14470 and P9675 qualifier based on P5247"
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