Events in Sport
US Women's Golf Open
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
Baseball Record
Jul 2 Amidst 5 NY Yankee homers v Washington, Roger Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 for the season
- Jul 5 St Louis Cardinals first baseman Bill White smashes 3 HRs & a double in 9-1 rout of LA Dodgers
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 7 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
British Golf Open
Jul 15 British Open Men's 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"
Sports History
Jul 16 48th Tour de France: Jacques Anquetil of France scores his second Tour general classification category title
- 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 Philadelphia Phillies lose, 4-3 to SF Giants at Connie Mack Stadium; 1st of MLB record 23 straight defeats
- Jul 31 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Jerry Barber wins his only major title in a Monday 18-hole playoff with Don January (67-68)
- Jul 31 31st MLB All Star Game (2nd), Fenway Park, Boston: First tie in history; called due to rain after 9 innings with the score, 1–1
Birthdays in Sport
Carl Lewis
Jul 1 Carl Lewis, American sprinter and 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 5 Zlatko Saračević, Croatian handball player (145 caps Yugoslavia, 75 Croatia; Olympic gold 1996 Croatia), born in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina (d. 2021)
- Jul 6 Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, American 100m hurdler (Olympic gold 1984), born in Warrenton, Virginia
- 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, American CFL football linebacker, 1987-98 (Edmonton Eskimos; Toronto Argonauts, British Columbia Lions), born in Washington, DC
- Jul 21 Henry Ellard, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
- Jul 22 Calvin Fish, English racing driver
- 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 27 Ed Orgeron, American College football coach (NCAA National C'ship 2019, Louisiana State University), born in Larose, Louisiana
- Jul 28 Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter, born in Grodno, Soviet Union
- Jul 30 Reggie Roby, American football punter (3 × Pro Bowl; All-Pro 1984, 94; NFL 1980s All-Decade Team; Miami Dolphins), born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2005)
- Jul 31 Chris Hinton, NFL guard (Minnesota Vikings)
Deaths in Sport
Ty Cobb
Jul 17 Ty Cobb, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (AL MVP 1911; Triple Crown 1909; 12 × AL batting champion; Detroit Tigers) and manager (Detroit Tigers 1921-26), dies of cancer at 74
- Jul 31 Jesse Harper, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Notre Dame 57–17–7), dies at 77
