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  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,081 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sports related? yes

    I had always heard he wrote that song for his friend, Billie Jean King, who
    played for a tennis team called Philadelphia Freedom.
    Correct?

  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭✭✭✭

    thats my understanding , although I also associate it with roller derby I don't remember why though

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,081 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Before I heard it was a tribute to Billie Jean King,
    I always associated it with Independence Day and maybe Ben Franklin. LOL.

  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think it was played at roller derby rinks , I used to watch a lot of that. Its the right time period

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,022 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Darin said:
    Sports related? yes

    I had always heard he wrote that song for his friend, Billie Jean King, who
    played for a tennis team called Philadelphia Freedom.
    Correct?

    I didn't google it but that's the way I remember it.

  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Google is not to be trusted .

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,022 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bronco2078 said:
    Google is not to be trusted .

    Agreed. I constantly google for online maps where there is supposed to be buried treasure, and it never works out.

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