BILLIE JEAN KING - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 48399
Sale Price $150.00
Reg. $180.00
BILLIE JEAN KING
Black and white publicity photograph of Billie Jean King looking off to the
right inscribed to a fan.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Pat -/Go for it!/Billie Jean
King". B/w, 10x8 overall, image 6½x9½ (one surface). Billie Jean King (born
Billie Jean Moffitt in 1943), who was ranked in the top 10 of tennis for 17
years, is the holder of 20 Wimbledon titles (including singles champ six
times) and was U.S. champ four times. Credited with establishing the
first successful women's professional tennis tour and paving the way for other
female athletes, she was the first woman athlete to earn $100,000 in one
year (1971). In 1973, 29-year-old King beat 55-year-old Bobby Riggs
6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the nationally televised "Battle of the Sexes" to win
$100,000 at the Astrodome, spurring new interest in tennis. In 1965, she married
Larry King, with whom she founded the unique World Team Tennis, which has
a co-ed format that King calls "the future". A member of the International
Tennis Hall of Fame and the National Women's Hall of Fame, King led the
U.S. team to a gold medal sweep at the 1996 Olympic Games and continues to
coach. Lightly creased not evident head on. Fine condition.
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