Events in Sport
Baseball Record
Jul 1 Joe DiMaggio, on way to a record 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game MLB hit streak in a win over Boston at Yankee Stadium
Joe DiMaggio
- Jul 2 Joe DiMaggio hits a 3-run homer off Boston's Dick Newsome to pass Willie Keeler's MLB record 44 game hitting streak
Event of Interest
Jul 6 New York Yankees team unveils a monument to former captain Lou Gehrig in center field at Yankee Stadium; the future Hall of Famer died the previous month
Lou Gehrig
- Jul 8 9th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-5 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
PGA Championship
Jul 13 PGA Championship, Cherry Hills CC: Vic Ghezzi wins his only major title over defending champion Byron Nelson in 38 holes
Byron Nelson
- Jul 13 Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League), spits in face of umpire Ray Snyder
- Jul 16 Joe DiMaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game
- Jul 17 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland
- Jul 24 Red Sox Lefty Grove, 41, wins his 300th game
- Jul 25 Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 1 Rod Gilbert, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right-wing (NY Rangers), born in Montreal, Canada
- Jul 8 Dario Gradi, Italian-born football manager
- Jul 9 Takehide Nakatani, Japanese lightweight judoka (Olympic gold 1964), born in Hiroshima, Japan
- Jul 11 Clive Puzey, Zimbabwean racing driver
- Jul 13 Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)
- Jul 17 Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)
- Jul 17 Daryle Lamonica, Oakland Raider QB (AFL leading passer 1967)
- Jul 18 Marcia Jones-Smoke, American 500m kayaker (Olympic bronze 1964), born in Oklahoma
- Jul 22 Susie Berning, American golfer (US Women's Open 1968, 72-73, Western Open 1965), born in Pasadena, California
- Jul 22 Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
- Jul 23 Richie Evans, American 9 time NASCAR Modified Champion, born in Westernville, New York (d. 1985)
Nate Thurmond
Jul 25 Nate Thurmond, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (7-time NBA All Star), born in Akron, Ohio (d.2016)
Nate Thurmond