Billie Jean King graduates from college at age 82 after leaving for tennis: ‘Yeah baby, only 61 years!’
Billie Jean King graduated from college at the age of 82, completing a degree in history that she began 61 years earlier. She left college in 1964 to pursue a successful tennis career, becoming a champion and advocate for gender equality. At her commencement, King expressed pride in being part of the graduating class and reflected on her journey and commitment to equality.
- ▪Billie Jean King graduated from Cal State Los Angeles at the age of 82.
- ▪She left college in 1964 to become a top-ranked tennis professional.
- ▪King won 39 championships and received a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a congressional Medal of Honor.
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