July 1961 in Sport

Events in Sport

Jul 1 US Open Women's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Mickey Wright wins her 3rd Open by 6 strokes, despite a 2nd round 8-over par 80

Jul 2 Amidst 5 NY Yankee homers v Washington, Roger Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 for the season

Jul 8 75th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Rod Laver of Australia beats American Chuck McKinley 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 for his 1st of 4 Wimbledon singles titles

Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In an all-British final Angela Mortimer beats Christine Truman 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Jul 11 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

Jul 15 British Open Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Arnold Palmer wins the first of 2 consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Welshman Dai Rees

Jul 16 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2"
Jul 16 48th Tour de France won by Jacques Anquetil of France
Jul 17 Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th
Jul 24 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader
Jul 25 Roger Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a doubleheader
Jul 29 Phillies lose 1st of 23 straight games
Jul 31 PGA Championship, Olympia Fields CC: Jerry Barber wins his only major title in a Monday 18-hole playoff with Don January (67-68)
Jul 31 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston

Jul 1 Carl Lewis, American sprinter/long jumper (9 Olympic gold 1984, 88, 92, 96), born in Birmingham, Alabama

Jul 1 Malcolm Elliott, British road cyclist (Tour of Britain 1988), born in Sheffield, England
Jul 2 Pat Dufficy, Westerly RI, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
Jul 4 Connie Paraskevin-Young, American sprint cyclist (Olymp-br-88, 92, 96), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jul 6 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, Virg, 100m hurdler (Olympic gold 1984)
Jul 12 Bruce Braman, Greene NY, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996)
Jul 13 Anders Jarryd, Lidkoping Sweden, tennis star
Jul 13 Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
Jul 19 Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast (Olympic 1976, 80 Gold), born in Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Jul 21 Don Wilson, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
Jul 21 Henry Ellard, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
Jul 22 Calvin Fish, English racing driver
Jul 23 Antoine Carr, American NBA forward and center (Utah Jazz), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Jul 24 Kerry Dixon, English footballer
Jul 26 Yolanda Chen, Russian triple jumper (indoor record), born in Moscow, Russia
Jul 26 Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos F.C), born in Athens, Greece
Jul 28 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
Jul 30 Reggie Roby, American NFL punter (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Waterloo, Iowa
Jul 31 Chris Hinton, NFL guard (Minnesota Vikings)
Jul 31 Susan Sanders, LPGA golfer

Jul 17 Ty Cobb, American baseball great (Detroit Tigers) who set 90 MLB records during his career, dies of cancer at 74

Jul 31 Jesse Harper, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Notre Dame), dies at 77