Events in Sport
Baseball Record
Jul 1 NY outfielder Joe DiMaggio, on way to a record 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game MLB hit streak in a 9-2 win over Boston Red Sox 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 Men's Golf, 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 20 Yanks beat Tigers 12-6 in 17
- Jul 25 41-year-old Lefty Grove wins his 300th and final MLB career game as the Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 10-6 at Fenway Park
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 1 Rod Gilbert, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right-wing (NY Rangers), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jul 7 Marco Bollesan, Italian rugby union number 8 (47 caps; CUS Genova, Partenope) and coach (Italy 1985-88), born in Venice, Italy (d. 2021)
- 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 17 Morimichi Takagi, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (NPB All-Star 1966–67, 73, 79; Chunichi Dragons), born in Gifu, Japan (d. 2020)
- 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 auto racer (9 x NASCAR Modified Champion 1973, 78-85), born in Westernville, New York (d. 1985)
- Jul 24 Tony Dunne, Irish soccer left-back (33 caps, Republic of Ireland; Manchester United; Bolton Wanderers; Irish Footballer of the Year 1969), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2020)
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
- Jul 31 Gerry Philbin, American NFL defensive end (All-time All-AFL Team; NY Jets), born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island