Events in Sport
Tennis Open
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Ashley Cooper wins his only Wimbledon singles title beating Neale Fraser 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11
Ashley Cooper
- Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: American Althea Gibson beats Angela Mortimer of England 8-6, 6-2 to successfully defend her title
- Jul 5 British Open Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: Australian Peter Thomson wins by 4 strokes in a 36-hole playoff with Welshman Dave Thomas, for his 4th Open title
- Jul 7 England cricket batsman Arthur Milton scores an unbeaten 104 in his Test debut, drawn 3rd Test v NZ at Headingley
- Jul 8 25th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-3 at Memorial Stadium, Balt
- Jul 19 45th Tour de France won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg
- Jul 20 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Llanerch CC: Dow Finsterwald wins 1st PGA C'ship held in current stroke play format; wins by 2 from Billy Casper
- Jul 20 Detroit Tigers pitcher Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0
Event of Interest
Jul 24 Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again
Ted Williams
- Jul 24 Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth & Subba Row
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 1 Nancy Lieberman, American Basketball Hall of Fame point guard and coach (Olympic silver 76), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 1 Dave Waymer, American NFL safety (NO Saints), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1993)
- Jul 3 Robert Foth, American sport shooter (Olympics silver 1992), born in Buffalo, New York
- Jul 6 Mark Benson, English cricketer (played Test England v India 1986, 30 & 21), born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England
- Jul 7 Michael Marx, American foil and epee fencer (Olympic-84, 88, 92, 96), born in Portland, Oregon
- Jul 9 Bob Crudgington, Australian softball head coach (Olympic bronze 1996)
- Jul 11 Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
- Jul 13 Joy Scott, American jockey, born in California
- Jul 15 Dan Forsman, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles), born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin
- Jul 23 Ken Green, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles), born in Danburry, Connecticut
- Jul 26 Ramona Neubert, German long jumper and pentathlete (Olympic 4th 80), born in Pirna, Germany
- Jul 27 Christopher Dean, English Olympics skater (Torvill & Dean/Olympic gold 1984), born in Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England
- Jul 28 Terry Fox [Terrance Stanley], Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canadian one-legged marathoner (1980 Marathon of Hope)
- Jul 30 Daley Thompson, British decathlete (Olympic gold 1980, 84), born in London, England
- Jul 31 Mark Cuban, American businessman and basketball team owner (NBA's Dallas Mavericks), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
