Billie Jean King - Before tennis, there was softball. My undefeated 15U Houghton Park softball team won the All-City Junior Girls Championship. I was one of the youngest on the team, played
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![Billie Jean King on Twitter: "Around the age of 11, my friend, Susan Williams (left) suggested I play tennis. “What's tennis?”, I asked her. And the rest, as they say, is history. # Billie Jean King on Twitter: "Around the age of 11, my friend, Susan Williams (left) suggested I play tennis. “What's tennis?”, I asked her. And the rest, as they say, is history. #](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Deh78wSXUAI4Emc.jpg)