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Tennis Icon, Billie Jean King, Named 2025 Tournament Of Roses Grand Marshal
King said as a child the Rose Parade was a big deal in her home as they looked forward to it every single year.
October 8, 2024
Sports icon and equality rights advocate Billie Jean King was named the grand marshal of the 2025 Tournament of Roses, it was announced Monday.
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With 39 Grand Slam tennis titles and 20 career victories at Wimbledon, the 80-year-old Long Beach native is said to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. She is also a pioneer in the women's rights and gender-equality movements.
President and Chairman of the Board for the 2025 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, Ed Morales, told the crowd before King was introduced, "We are soon to be in the presence of a true legend. Legend, icon, greatest of all time, or GOAT, as they say."
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