BILLIE JEAN KING - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 67715
Sale Price $165.00
Reg. $200.00
BILLIE JEAN KING
4½x6½ publicity photograph of a younger Billie Jean King holding a
tennis racket.
Photograph signed: "Billie Jean King". B/w, 4½x6½. 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. Fine condition.
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