Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Jul 3 Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech
Lou Gehrig
- Jul 4 Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game
- Jul 4 Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day
Tennis Open
Jul 7 52nd Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60)
Alice Marble
- Jul 7 74th British Golf Open: Dick Burton shoots a 290 at St Andrews
Tennis Open
Jul 8 59th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (2-6 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-2)
Bobby Riggs
- 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 33rd Tour de France won by Sylvere Maes of Belgium
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 18 Jerry Moore, American football coach
- 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, NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV)
- Jul 31 Roger Prideaux, English cricketer (England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69), born in Chelsea, London