Ancestry of
Bobby Riggs

Pro-Tennis Champion

Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs

View famous kin of Robert Larimore Riggs

• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Gideon Wright Riggs 
  • Mother:
  • Agnes Jones   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Feb 1918 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Oct 1995 
  • Death Location:
  • Leucadia, Encinitas, San Diego, California 
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  • Notes: 

  • Bobby Riggs

    Former World No. 1 Pro-Tennis Player

    Loser of the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match versus Billie Jean King.

• Marriages for Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs

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  • Spouse:
  • Catherine Ann "Kay" Fischer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Dec 1939
  • Marriage Location:
  • Chicago, Cook, Illinois

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  • Spouse:
  • Priscilla Wheelan
  • Marriage Date:
  • Sep 1952

• Sources for Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs

  • ¹ California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Birth record for Robert L Riggs.
  • ² California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, Death record for Robert Larimore Riggs.
  • ³ Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960, Marriage record for Robert L Riggs and Catherine Ann Fischer.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, CA, Los Angeles County, 1920, Los Angeles A. D. 66, E.D. 274, Sheet 14B, Image 29 of 32.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, CA, Los Angeles County, 1930, Los Angeles, E.D. 19-696, Sheet 3A, Image 4 of 11.
  • ⁶ The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), 01 AUG 1966, p. 38, Obituary for mother Agnes Riggs.
  • ⁷ U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Death record for Robert Riggs.
  • ⁸ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Claim record for Robert L Riggs.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "Bobby Riggs", (accessed 09/15/2018).