July 1978 in Sport

Events in Sport

Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her first Grand Slam singles title beating Chris Evert 2-6, 6-4, 7-5

Jul 7 NBA approves franchise swap; Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown and Harry Mangurian acquire Boston Celtics, while the Celtics owner Irv Levin gets Braves, later moved to San Diego to become the Clippers

Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Björn Borg beats Jimmy Connors 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

Jul 11 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
Jul 11 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers) collects his second award
Jul 14 Umpire Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls

Jul 15 British Open Golf, St. Andrews: Jack Nicklaus completes 3rd career grand slam; wins by 2 from Ben Crenshaw & Ray Floyd

Jul 17 NY Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out after Jackson refuses to bunt, causing Martin to suspend him

Jul 24 Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games

Jul 25 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games

Jul 26 Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run

Jul 29 On Old Timer's Day, NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as NY Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become GM
Jul 30 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits & NL-record-tying 8 HRs

Jul 30 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic

Jul 4 Tatyana Jecmenica, Novi Sad Yugo, tennis star (1995 Futures-Novi Sad)
Jul 4 Emile Mpenza, Belgian footballer
Jul 6 Rachel Rochelli, gymnast (alt-Olympics 1996), born in Houston, Texas
Jul 6 Kevin Senio, New Zealand rugby player
Jul 13 Ryan Ludwick, American baseball player
Jul 15 Miguel Olivo, Dominican baseball player
Jul 18 Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player
Jul 18 Ben Sheets, American baseball player
Jul 19 Nené, Brazilian footballer
Jul 20 Jen Grubb, Elk Hart Indiana, soccer defender (Olympics 1996)
Jul 20 Pavel Datsyuk, Russian ice hockey player
Jul 20 Tamsyn Lewis, Australian athlete
Jul 20 Will Solomon, American basketball player
Jul 21 Kyoko Iwosoki, Japan, 100m breaststroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1992, 96)
Jul 21 Gary Teale, Scottish football player
Jul 21 Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1992), born in Numazu, Japan
Jul 22 Dennis Rommedahl, Danish footballer
Jul 22 Runako Morton, West Indian cricketer, (d. 2012)
Jul 23 Stuart Elliott, Northern Irish footballer
Jul 25 Gerard Warren, American football player, born in Lake City, Florida
Jul 31 Justin Wilson, English race car driver