Events in Sport
Sports History
Jul 1 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Wakonda CC: Beverly Hanson wins by 4 strokes from Louise Suggs; second of her 3 major titles
- Jul 6 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool: Australian Peter Thomson wins by 3 shots from Flory Van Donck of Belgium for his 3rd consecutive Open victory
- Jul 6 Cleveland outfielder Jim Busby hits a second grand slam on consecutive days during Indians 4-2 win v Kansas City A's
- Jul 6 MLB Commissioner Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honour baseball's outstanding pitcher of the season
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian matchup Lew Hoad wins his first of 2 Wimbledon singles crowns beating Ken Rosewall 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton of England 6-3, 6-1 for her only Wimbledon singles title
- Jul 10 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
- Jul 14 Boston Red Sox pitcher Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0 at Fenway Park, Boston
- Jul 16 Detroit Tigers & Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million
Baseball Record
Jul 20 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs
- Jul 21 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brooks Lawrence loses after 13 straight wins
Hall of Fame
Jul 23 Joe Cronin & Hank Greenberg inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
- Jul 24 Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1, playing in Jersey City's Roosevelt Stadium
- Jul 24 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Blue Hill CC: Masters champion Jack Burke Jr. wins his second major championship of the season, 3 & 2 over Ted Kroll
Sports History
Jul 25 Pittsburgh Pirates' Roberto Clemente hits MLB's 1st (and only) walk-off inside-the-park grand slam for 9-8 win over visiting Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field
- Jul 27 England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings in 4th Test at Manchester; best return ever in Test cricket; bettered in 2nd innings 10-53
- Jul 28 43rd Tour de France won by Roger Walkowiak of France
- Jul 29 US Open Women's Golf, Northland CC: Kathy Cornelius wins her only major title in an 18-hole playoff by 7 strokes over amateur Barbara McIntire
- Jul 31 England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings; match figures 19-90 in 4th Test at Old Trafford; England win by innings & 170 runs
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 1 Brian Sabean, American MLB executive (San Francisco Giants World Series 2010, 2012, 2014), born in Concord, New Hampshire
- Jul 2 Leslie Reid, equestrian dressage (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jul 3 Eddie Edwards, South African tennis player (4 x ATP titles), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Jul 5 James Lofton, American NFL wide receiver (Bills, Packers, Raiders), born in Fort Ord, California
- Jul 6 Matt Bahr, American NFL placekicker (NE Patriots, NY Giants), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jul 8 Millard Frank Hampton, 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1976), born in Fresno, California
- Jul 12 Mario Soto, Dominican baseball player
- Jul 13 Bill Caudill, American MLB reliever (All Star 1984), born in Santa Monica, California
- Jul 13 Michael Spinks, American boxer (undisputed world light heavyweight title 1983-85; lineal world heavyweight title 1985-88; Olympic gold middleweight 1976), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Jul 15 Kathy Kreiner, Canadian giant slalom (Olympic gold 1976)
- Jul 15 Toshihiko Seko, Japanese runner (world record 25/30 km)
Bryan Trottier (66 years old)
Jul 17 American NHL Center (NY Islanders), born in Val Marie, Saskatchewan
Mima Jausovec (66 years old)
Jul 20 Yugoslavian tennis player (French Open-1977), born in Maribor, Yugoslavia
Dorothy Hamill (66 years old)
Jul 26 American figure skater (Olympic gold 1976), born in Chicago, Illinois
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 10 Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
- Jul 16 Brian Norton, South African tennis player (Wimbledon 1921 runner-up), dies at 56
- Jul 20 Ken Burn, Australian cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies at 93
- Jul 27 Mick Commaille, South African cricketer and soccer rep (12 Tests for South Africa 1910-28), dies at 73
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