You really had to be there to truly understand just how big tennis was in the '70s and early '80s. A few more star-studded memories BELOW.
The way he were
Like there wasn't enough reason to love Hubbell Gardiner
Steve Austin and Jill Munroe
Golden Son
Newman's own tutor
Vince Van Patten and Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Ryan O'Neal in "Irreconcilable Differences"
Freddie Mercury
Elton John
Move over, Renee Richards: That's Myra Breckinridge, aka Raquel Welch!
Smokin' James Caan
Chevy Chase
Bjorn and Vitas
Cheryl Tiegs
Bruce Jenner
Morty Raynes, John McEnroe, Kenny Rogers and Bjorn Borg
Jack Nicholson
Woody Allen
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Gene Wilder
Katharine Hepburn channels her inner Pam Shriver
Gabe Kaplan
Sam J. Jones
Lynda Carter, who would briefly have a tournament named after herself
Cathy Lee Crosby
Perhaps the only thing bigger than tennis was boxing, largely due to Muhammad Ali
Clint Eastwood, Dinah Shore and Merv Griffin
Martina Navratilova has a "Hart to Hart" with Stefanie Powers and Robert Wagner
Dick Van Patten
And Old(er) Hollywood too:
Dustin Hoffman
Alain Deon
Solid as a Rock
Jane Fonda
A younger Kate Hepburn
Dolores del Rio
James Caan and Robert Reford could have done a 1970s "Brokeback Mountain"
ReplyDeleteJill Monroe or Farah Faucett?
ReplyDeleteMy peak tennis playing years were 1977-1980, so I totally get it!
ReplyDeleteThe tennis outfits-especially the men's shorts! are why the looks are so iconic of a different era.
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