July 1984 in Sport

Events in Sport

Jul 7 91st Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert (76 62)

Jul 8 98th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John McEnroe beats Jimmy Connors (6-1 6-1 6-2)

Jul 8 Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
Jul 11 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
Jul 13 Sergei Bubka of USSR pole vaults a record 5.89 m
Jul 15 39th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Hollis Stacy
Jul 20 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m

Jul 22 113th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots a 276 at St Andrews

Jul 22 Kathy Whitworth wins Rochester Golf International (her 85th win)

Jul 26 Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single

Jul 26 Kuhn announces pitcher Vida Blue is suspended for the rest of 1984 due to cocaine conviction
Jul 27 Reds' Pete Rose collects record 3,053rd career single (vs Philadelphia)
Jul 28 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
Jul 29 12th du Maurier Golf Classic: Juli Inkster
Jul 29 23rd Summer Olympics opens in Los Angeles
Jul 31 US men's gymnastics team win team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics

Jul 1 Donald Thomas, Bahamian high jumper (World Championship gold 2007), born in Freeport, Bahamas
Jul 2 Thomas Kortegaard, Danish footballer
Jul 2 Maarten Martens, Belgian footballer
Jul 2 Johnny Weir, American figure skater
Jul 3 Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
Jul 3 Manny Lawson, American Football player, born in Goldsboro, North Carolina
Jul 7 Minas Alozidis, Greek hurdler
Jul 7 Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
Jul 11 Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player
Jul 11 Tanith Belbin, Canadian ice dancer
Jul 12 Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer
Jul 16 Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese racing driver
Jul 17 Sotiris Leontiou, Greek footballer
Jul 19 Lewis Price, Welsh footballer
Jul 20 Alexi Casilla, Dominican baseball player
Jul 20 Troy Smith, American football player
Jul 21 Liam Ridgewell, English footballer
Jul 21 Paul Davis, American basketball player
Jul 22 Stewart Downing, English footballer
Jul 23 Brandon Roy, American professional basketball player
Jul 25 Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Greek basketball player
Jul 26 Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
Jul 28 DeMeco Ryans, American football player, born in Bessemer, Alabama
Jul 28 Zach Parise, American ice hockey player, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jul 29 Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
Jul 30 Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
Jul 31 Glenn Holt, American football player

Jul 7 Carl Boenish, American father of BASE jumping, dies at 43
Jul 14 Al Schacht, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91
Jul 25 Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (NHL - NY Rangers), dies at 70
Jul 30 Maurice Tremlett, cricketer (England pace bowler 1948-49), dies