Events in Sport
Tennis Open
Jul 3 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Vic Seixas wins his only Wimbledon singles title with a 9-7, 6-3, 6-4 over Dane Kurt Nielsen
Vic Seixas
Kurt Nielsen
- Jul 4 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly wins 3rd leg of her Grand Slam beating fellow American Doris Hart 8-6, 7-5
- Jul 5 Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts hurls his 28th consecutive MLB complete game in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh
- Jul 7 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Birmingham CC: Walter Burkemo wins 2 & 1 from Felize Torza in the Tuesday final; his lone major title
- Jul 9 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
British Golf Open
Jul 10 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: In his only Open Championship appearance, Ben Hogan prevails by 4 strokes over Dai Rees, Antonio Cerdá, Peter Thomson, Frank Stranahan
Ben Hogan
- Jul 14 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
- Jul 26 Tour de France: Louison Bobet of France wins first of 3 consecutive Tour general classification events
- Jul 27 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, Bill Klem and Tom Connolly inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 1 Pat Donovan, American NFL offensive lineman (4-time Pro Bowl, Dallas Cowboys), born in Helena, Montana
- Jul 1 Mike Hayes, College/Pro Football Halls of Fame cornerback (9-time Pro Bowl), born in Denison, Texas
- Jul 2 Tony Armas, baseball player
- Jul 3 Frank Tanana, American MLB pitcher (California Angels), born in Detroit, Michigan
Leon Spinks
Jul 11 Leon Spinks, heavyweight boxing champ (1978, Olympic gold 1976), born in St. Louis, Missouri
Leon Spinks
Graham Gooch
Jul 23 Graham Gooch, English cricketer, captain of England, opening batsman and prolific run scorer, born in London
Graham Gooch
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 11 Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (US Open 1890-92), dies at 82