BILLIE JEAN KING - MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED - HFSID 2199
Price: $140.00
BILLIE JEAN KING
Color magazine photograph of Billie Jean King singing a tennis
racket.
Magazine Photograph signed: "Billie Jean King". Color, 3¼x5¾. 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. Diagonal crease touches hair on image.
Overall, fine condition.
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