Events in Sport
Baseball Record
Jul 1 First MLB superstar to return from WW II, Hank Greenberg homers in his 1st game (Detroit beats Philadelphia A's 9-5)
Hank Greenberg
- Jul 6 Washington Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games
- Jul 12 Chicago Cubs beat Boston, 6-1 to halt Braves outfielder Tommy Holmes' modern-day record NL hitting streak at 37 games
PGA Championship
Jul 15 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Morraine CC: Byron Nelson wins 5th and final major title and 2nd PGA title; beats ex-MLB player Sam Byrd 4 & 3
Byron Nelson
Birthdays in Sport
Virginia Wade
Jul 10 Virginia Wade, English tennis player (US Open 1968, Australian Open 1972, Wimbledon 1977), born in Bournemouth, England
Virginia Wade
- Jul 10 John Motson, British sports (football) commentator, born in Salford, Lancashire, England
- Jul 12 Dimitar Penev, Bulgarian soccer player and union coach (Lokomotiv/CSKA), born in Mirovyane, Bulgaria
- Jul 13 Ashley "Rowdy" Mallett, Australian cricket off-spinner (1968-80)
- Jul 16 Barry Dudleston, English cricketer and cricket umpire, born in Bebington, Cheshire
- Jul 20 Betty Burfeindt, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1976), born in NYC, NY
- Jul 20 Jake Scott, American College Football Hall of Fame safety (Uni of Georgia; 5×Pro Bowl; 2×First-team All-Pro; Super Bowl 1972 [MVP], 73; Miami Dolphins), born in Greenwood, South Carolina (d. 2020)
- Jul 21 Barry Richards, South African extraordinary cricket batsman (4 Tests for South Africa), born in Durban, South Africa
- Jul 21 Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm fast bowler (21 Tests, 78 wickets; 15 ODIs), born in Maryborough, Queensland
- Jul 21 John Lowe, English darts player (BDO world champion 1979, 87, 93), born in New Tupton, Derbyshire
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 20 Arthur Seccull, South African cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies