Events in Sport
- Jul 5 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Frenchman Yvon Petra beats Australian Geoff Brown 6-2, 6-4, 7-9, 5-7, 6-4 for his only Wimbledon title
British Golf Open
Jul 5 British Open Golf, St Andrews: In first post-WWII Championship, Sam Snead wins his only Open title, 4 strokes clear of runners-up Johnny Bulla & Bobby Locke
Sam Snead
- Jul 6 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-American matchup Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough 6-2, 6-4 for her only Wimbledon crown
- Jul 8 Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
- Jul 9 13th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
- Jul 12 Vance Dinges hits only Phillie pinch hit inside-the-park HR
Event of Interest
Jul 14 Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles & HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs
Ted Williams
- Jul 24 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash
- Jul 27 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs
- Jul 27 45th Men's French Championships: Marcel Bernard beats Jaroslav Drobny (3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3)
- Jul 27 45th Women's French Championships: Margaret Osborne beats Pauline Betz (1-6, 8-6, 7-5)
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 6 Fred Dryer, American NFLer (NY Giants, LA Rams) and actor (Hunter), born in Hawthorne, California
- Jul 7 Jim Day, Canadian equestrian show jumper (Olympic gold 1968)
- Jul 12 Graham Roope, Englishcricketer (England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78), born in Fareham, Hampshire, England (d. 2006)
- Jul 13 Bob Kauffman, American basketball forward (3-time NBA All Star), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2015)
- Jul 16 Ron Yary, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 16 John Hollins, British retired footballer, born in Guildford, Surrey
Ilie Năstase
Jul 19 Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player (US Open 1972), born in Bucharest, Romania
Ilie Năstase
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 15 Razor [William Charles] Smith, English cricketer, dies at 68