July 1970 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Jul 1 Dutch soccer club FC Utrecht is established (KNVB Cup 1985, 2003-04)
Jul 3 California Angels pitcher Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Billie Jean King 14-12, 11-9 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title, and 3rd leg of her successful Grand Slam

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian thriller, John Newcombe beats Ken Rosewall 5,7 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ken Rosewall

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 5 US Open Women's Golf, Muskogee CC: Donna Caponi successfully defends her title by 1 from Sandra Haynie and Sandra Spuzich

Jul 8 SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)

British Golf Open

Jul 12 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders by 1 stroke in event's first 18-hole playoff to win the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships

Sports History

Jul 14 41st MLB All Star Game, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, OH: NL beats AL, 5-4; MVP: Carl Yastrzemski, Boston Red Sox, LF

Jul 15 Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship

Baseball Record

Jul 18 Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits

Tour de France

Jul 19 57th Tour de France: Defending champion Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins general, mountains and combination categories

Jul 20 Dodgers Bill Singer no-hits the Phillies 5-0, giving up no walks
Jul 21 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits & Padres lose, 3-0
Jul 24 International Lawn Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule

Baseball Record

Jul 26 Reds catcher Johnny Bench, playing for the day in the outfield, goes 4 for 5 with 7 RBIs including 3 consecutive HRs off St. Louis Cardinals Steve Carlton in 12-5 win at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati

Jul 27 Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game
Jul 27 Lou Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
Jul 31 37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940)

Birthdays in Sport

Jul 2 Derrick Adkins, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1996; World C'ship gold 1995), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jul 2 Scotty 2 Hotty, American wrestler
Jul 2 Steve Morrow, Irish footballer
Jul 3 Serhiy Gonchar, Ukrainian road cyclist (UCI World C'ships gold Time Trial 2000), born in Rivne, Ukraine
Jul 3 Teemu Selänne, Finnish Hockey HOF right wing (NHL rookie points record [132] 1992-93; 6 x Olympian: 3 x bronze, 1 x silver; Winnipeg Jets, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), born in Helsinki, Finland
Jul 4 Andrei Cherkasov, Russian tennis player, born in Ufa, Russia
Jul 4 Doddie Weir, Scottish rugby union lock (61 Tests; Newcastle Falcons RFC, Border Reivers RFC), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2022)
Jul 4 Louise Van Voorhis, American 470 sailor (Olympic 4th 1992, 96), born in Rochester, New York
Jul 4 Tony Vidmar, Australian former footballer, born in Adelaide, Australia
Jul 5 Doug Bochtler, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
Jul 6 Antonio Harvey, American NBA center/forward (LA Clippers), born in Pascagoula, Mississippi
Jul 7 Erik Zabel, German cyclist, born in East Berlin
Jul 7 Michael McCrary, American NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks), born in Vienna, Virginia
Jul 7 Min Patel, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Kent CCC, Central Districts CA), born in Mumbai, India
Jul 7 Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer, born in Belfast, United Kingdom
Jul 8 Lisa Powell, Australian field hockey forward (Olympic gold 1996, 2000; World Cup gold 1994, 98; Champions Trophy gold x 5), born in Sydney, Australia

Todd Martin (53 years old)

Jul 8 American tennis player (Australian Open 1994 & US Open 1999 runner-up; World #4 1999), born in Hinsdale, Illinois

Jul 9 Steve Dubinsky, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks), born in Montreal, Quebec
Jul 9 Trent Green, NFL quarterback (Washington Redskins)
Jul 11 Billy Ashley, Taylor MI, outfielder (LA Dodgers)
Jul 11 Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper (1993)
Jul 12 Chad Brown, American football linebacker (First-team All-Pro 1996, 98; Pro Bowl 1996, 98, 99; Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks), born in Altadena, California
Jul 14 Mark Brandenburg, American baseball pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Houston, Texas
Jul 14 Mark Strickland, American NBA forward (Miami Heat), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 15 Julian Paynter, Australian 5k runner (Olympics 1996)
Jul 16 Phil Graham, Canadian rower (Olympics 1996), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Jul 16 William Van Landingham, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants), born in Columbia, Tennessee
Jul 18 Bronwyn Roye, Australian rower (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, Australia
Jul 18 John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
Jul 18 Margaret Langford, canoeist (Olympics 1996), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Jul 19 Rhona Susan Robertson, badminton player (Olympics 1996), born in Auckland, New Zealand
Jul 21 Bryce Florie, American pitcher (San Diego Padres), born in Charleston, South Carolina
Jul 21 Steven "Scrappy" Segaloff, American rower (Olympic 5th 1996), born in New Haven, Connecticut
Jul 22 Craig Baird, New Zealander racing driver
Jul 22 Dan Jones, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
Jul 22 Sergei Zubov, Russian NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Pittsburgh), born in Moscow, Russia
Jul 22 W R Tillman, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Jul 24 Blaine Bishop, American NFL safety (Houston Oilers), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Jul 24 Philip Sykes, American field hockey defender (Olympics 1996), born in Tacoma, Washington
Jul 26 Kenny Wilhite, American CFL defensive back, 1994-97 (Hamilton Tiger Cats and 3 other teams), born in Kansas City, Missouri
Jul 26 Phil Alley, Australian cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler), born in Orange, New South Wales
Jul 27 Tom Europe, Canadian football defensive back (Montreal Alouettes), born in Toronto, Ontario
Jul 28 Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner), born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Jul 29 John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer (pace bowler 1993)
Jul 29 Steve Wojciechowski, American MLB pitcher (Oakland A's), born in Blue Island, Illinois
Jul 30 Joe Montford, American CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats), born in Beaufort, North Carolina
Jul 30 Tom McManus, American NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Jul 31 David Sacco, American NHL left wing (Olympics 1994, Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Malden, Massachusetts
Jul 31 Knut Holmann, Norwegian rower (Olympic gold 1996)

Deaths in Sport

Jul 4 Harold Vanderbilt, American yachtsman and America's Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85
Jul 17 Juano Hernandez, Puerto Rican stage and film actor (St Louis Blues; Stars In My Crown), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 73
Jul 21 Bob Kalsu, American NFL football player, 1968 (Buffalo Bills), and US Army officer, killed in action in Vietnam at 25
Jul 31 Jimmy Conzelman, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, coach, team owner (Chicago Cardinals), dies at 72
Jul 31 Walter Briggs Jr, American sports executive (owner Detroit Tigers 1952-56), dies at 58