Events in Sport
Donald Bradman
Event of Interest
Jul 1 Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher
Roy Campanella
- Jul 2 62nd Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich (7-5 0-6 6-2 3-6 7-5)
- Jul 2 77th British Golf Open: Henry Cotton shoots a 284 at Muirfield
- Jul 3 55th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (6-3 8-6)
- Jul 7 Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige
- Jul 13 15th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-2 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
Event of Interest
Jul 16 Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, NY Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott & Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager
Leo Durocher
- Jul 26 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a NY Giant
- Jul 27 Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404
- Jul 30 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record (10K - 29:59.6)
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 4 Ed Armbrister, baseball player
- Jul 4 René Arnoux, French formula-1 racer (6th place-1980)
- Jul 6 Brad Park, Scarborough Ontario, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins)
- Jul 7 Fred Brown, NBAer (Seattle SuperSonic)
- Jul 13 Alf Hansen, Norwegian double sculls (Olympic gold 1976)
- Jul 13 Don Sweet, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montreal, Green Bay), born in Vancouver, Canada
- Jul 13 Tony Kornheiser, American sports journalist
- Jul 15 Enrique Basilio, hurler, 1st lady to light Olympic flame (Mexico-1968)
- Jul 17 Cathy Ferguson, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1964)
- Jul 20 Mary Dwyer, American LPGA golfer, born in California
- Jul 21 Ed Hinton, American sportswriter
- Jul 21 John Hart, American Major League Baseball executive (Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves), born in Tampa, Florida
- Jul 26 Norair Nurikian, Armenian-Bulgarian bantam weightlifter (Olympic gold 1972, 76), born in Sliven, Bulgaria
- Jul 27 Peggy Fleming Jenkins, figure skater (Olym-gold-1968), born in San Jose, California
- Jul 29 Neal Walk, American basketball player (Phoenix Suns, New Orleans Jazz, NY Knicks), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2015)