Billy Graham Trivia: How Old Was He When He First Drove a Car?

By   •   October 22, 2018

Billy Graham driving
A young Billy Graham enjoyed driving as much as any other boy.

Q: How old was Billy Graham when he first drove a car?

A: Around eight years old.

Billy Graham was raised on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the 1920s. At that time, Charlotte was mostly farmland, and it was common for children to start driving at a young age.

In his autobiography Just As I Am, Mr. Graham wrote, “Driving cars was every boy’s obsession. I started as early as eight, when Reese Brown [a farmhand and friend of the family] coached me in driving our GMC truck. By ten or twelve, I had graduated to our little Model T Ford.

“We did not bother with a learner’s permit (or even a driver’s license) back then in our part of the world.”

Billy Graham car
Billy Graham (center) leans against a car in 1937 alongside two of his mentors.

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