July 1955 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 1 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen of Denmark 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 for his only Wimbledon success

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 2 US Open Women's Golf, Wichita GC: Uruguayan Fay Crocker beats Louise Suggs & Mary Lena Faulk by 4 to become the tournament's first overseas winner

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Louise Brough beats fellow American Beverly Fleitz 7-5, 8-6 for her 4th Wimbledon singles title

Jul 8 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Peter Thomson of Australia wins the 2nd of 3 consecutive Open titles, 2 strokes clear of runner-up John Fallon
Jul 12 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw

Sports History

Jul 16 Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina clinches his third Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by finishing 2nd to fellow Mercedes driver Sterling Moss in the British Grand Prix at Aintree

Jul 17 1st LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Orchard Ridge CC: Beverly Hanson wins by 3 shots from Louise Suggs
Jul 22 Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3 to complete a team record 11-game winning streak; longest win-streak since 1892
Jul 23 NY Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs
Jul 26 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester

PGA Championship

Jul 26 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Meadowbrook CC: Doug Ford scores a 4 & 3 win over Cary Middlecoff in the Tuesday final; first of 2 majors (Masters 1957)

Jul 30 42nd Tour de France: French cyclist Louison Bobet claims last of his 3 straight general classification victories

Birthdays in Sport

Jul 1 Mike Rossman, American boxer (world light-heavyweight champion 1978-79), born in Turnersville, New Jersey
Jul 3 Matt Keough, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1978; AL Comeback Player of the Year 1980; Oakland A's), born in Pomona, California (d. 2020)
Jul 5 Peter McNamara, Australian tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1979, Wimbledon doubles 1980, 82), born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 2019)
Jul 7 Len Barker, American baseball player, born in Fort Knox, Kentucky
Jul 9 Willie Wilson, American baseball player, born in Montgomery, Alabama
Jul 11 Sergey Babinov, USSR, ice hockey star (Olympic gold 1972)
Jul 14 Sándor Puhl, Hungarian soccer referee (1994 FIFA World Cup Final; 1997 UEFA Champions League Final; IFFHS World's Best Referee 1994-97), born in Miskolc, Hungary (d. 2021)
Jul 19 Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder (early 80's), born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Jul 24 Lubov Odinokova, USSR, team handball (Olympic gold 1976, 80)