Events in Sport
- Jul 4 Red Sox 3rd baseman Jim Tabor hits record-tying 2 grand slams in one MLB game, 18-12 win v Phillies
Event of Interest
Jul 4 Lou Gehrig is first MLB player to have his number (4) retired on his "Appreciation Day" at Yankee Stadium, makes iconic "luckiest man" speech
Lou Gehrig
Tennis Open
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Alice Marble wins her only Wimbledon singles title beating Kay Stammers of England 6-2, 6-0
Alice Marble
Tennis Open
Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats fellow American Elwood Cooke 2-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 for Wimbledon sweep, also won doubles & mixed doubles titles
Bobby Riggs
- Jul 7 British Open Golf, St Andrews: In the last Open played for 7 years, due to WWII, England's Dick Burton wins by 2 strokes from American Johnny Bulla
- Jul 9 A meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg South Africa, launch the Passive Resistance Campaign against apartheid and racial policy in South Africa
- Jul 11 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
- Jul 17 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok CC Flushing NY
- Jul 25 NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win
- Jul 26 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
- Jul 30 Tour de France: Sylvère Maes of Belgium wins his 3rd title from Frenchman René Vietto
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 5 Booker Edgerson, American football player
- Jul 6 Helena Dupont, American equestrian 3-day even (Olympic-33rd place-1964)
- Jul 6 Man Mohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India)
- Jul 6 Mary Peters, England, pentathlete (Olympic gold 1972)
- Jul 7 Laurie Silvers, horse trainer
- Jul 11 Larry Laoretti, Mahopac NJ, PGA golfer (US Seniors Open 1992)
- Jul 15 Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (12 Tests 1958-62)
- Jul 15 Tony Bullimore, British yachtsman (1997 solo around-the-world yacht race, dramatic rescue), born in Southend-on-Sea, England (d. 2018)
- Jul 18 Jerry Moore, American football player and coach, born in Bonham, Texas
- Jul 24 Bob Lilly, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
- Jul 24 Walter Bellamy, New Bern NC, NBA center (Knicks/Olympic gold 1960), (d. 2013)
- Jul 27 Irv Cross, American NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV), born in Hammond, Indiana
- Jul 31 Roger Prideaux, English cricketer (England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69), born in Chelsea, London