July 1977 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 1 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Hometown favourite Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

Jul 1 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.88) in Dresden, Germany

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg beats American Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 for the second of 5 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles

Jul 3 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Lachute GC: Judy Rankin wins by 3 strokes from Pat Meyers and Sandra Palmer
Jul 4 Red Sox end 9-game losing streak by smashing a MLB-record 8 HRs in a 9-6 win vs Toronto at Fenway Park

Jul 9 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Tom Watson wins second of 5 Open titles by a stroke from Jack Nicklaus; pair play together in final 2 rounds; separate themselves from field under rare clear skies, remembered as the "Duel in the Sun"

Jul 19 48th MLB All Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP: Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 24 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez

Sports History

Jul 24 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881

Jul 24 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France

Sports History

Jul 28 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian 1st innings in a 7 wicket 3rd Test win at Trent Bridge

Birthdays in Sport

Jul 1 Jerome Iginla, Canadian NHL right wing (Olympic gold 2002, 10), born in Edmonton, Canada
Jul 5 Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player, born in Holzminden, West Germany
Jul 5 Javier López, Puerto Rican MLB baseball pitcher, 2003-16 (Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, and 3 other teams), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Jul 6 Con Blatsis, Australian footballer, born in Melbourne, Australia
Jul 6 Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer, born in Mdingi, Cape Province, South Africa
Jul 8 Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
Jul 9 Ben McAdoo, American football coach (New York Giants, 2016-7), born in Homer City, Pennsylvania
Jul 11 Brandon Short, American football player (NY Giants, Carolina Panthers), born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Jul 12 Francesca Lubiani, Italian tennis star (Futures-Amadora-POR), born in Bologna, Italy
Jul 12 Neil Harris, English footballer
Jul 15 André Nel, South African cricket fast bowler (36 Tests, 123 wickets, BB 6/32; Highveld Lions, Northamptonshire CCC, Essex CCC, Surrey CCC), born in Germiston, South Africa

Jul 17 Marc Savard, Canadian hockey player, born in Ottawa, Canada
Jul 19 Haitham Mustafa, Sudanese footballer
Jul 19 Ed Smith, English cricketer
Jul 19 Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Jul 20 Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
Jul 20 Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
Jul 21 Allison Wagner, American swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Gainesville, Florida
Jul 21 Paul Casey, English golfer (Ryder Cup wins 2004, 06, 18; 3 PGA Tour titles, 13 European Tour titles; PGA C'ship 2020 runner-up), born in Cheltenham, England
Jul 22 Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
Jul 23 Néicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer, born in San Lorenzo, Ecuador
Jul 23 Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player, born in Des Moines, Iowa
Jul 24 Arnold Bruggink, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)
Jul 24 Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player
Jul 25 Kenny Thomas, American basketball player, born in Atlanta, Georgia
Jul 26 Martin Laursen, Danish footballer (A.C. Milan), born in Fårvang, Denmark
Jul 28 Aki Berg, Finnish NHL defenseman (LA Kings), born in Raisio, Finland
Jul 28 Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player, born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Jul 29 Greg Burgess, American 200m individual medley (Olympic silver 1992, 96)
Jul 30 Jayme Dickman, American 3x20 rifle shooter (Olympics 1996), born in South Bend, Indiana
Jul 31 Tim Couch, American NFL quarterback (#1 overall draft pick 1999, Cleveland Browns), born in Hyden, Kentucky