July 1986 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Baseball Record

Jul 2 Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens (14-0) suffers his 1st loss (4-2 v Toronto), one win short of AL record for consecutive wins to start season

Jul 4 England cricket captain Mike Gatting smashes 183 not out in the drawn 3rd Test vs India at Birmingham

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Hana Mandlíková 7-6, 6-3 for her 7th Wimbledon singles title

Tennis Player and Four-Time Major Champion Hana Mandlikova

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 6 100th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Germany's Boris Becker successfully defends his title beating Ivan Lendl 6-4, 6-3, 7-5

Jul 6 Atlanta infielder Bob Horner becomes 11th player to hit 4 home runs in a MLB game during Braves 11-8 loss v Montreal

Sports History

Jul 7 American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets world heptathlon record of 7,148 points in the inaugural Goodwill Games at Moscow

Jul 9 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson
Jul 11 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000m in world record 30:13.74

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 14 US Open Women's Golf, NCR CC: Jane Geddes wins by 2 strokes in an 18-hole Monday playoff with South African born Sally Little

Jul 15 57th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-2 at Astrodome, Houston, Texas
Jul 15 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)
Jul 18 MLB Kansas City Royals announce that manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor

Boxing Title Fight

Jul 19 Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

British Golf Open

Jul 20 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Australian Greg Norman wins his first major championship at even-par, 5 strokes clear of runner-up Gordon J. Brand

Jul 27 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague Czech (3-0)

Sports History

Jul 27 73rd Tour de France won by Greg LeMond of USA

Golf Major

Jul 27 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Board of Trade CC: Pat Bradley wins in a playoff with Ayako Okamoto of Japan

Jul 29 NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages

Birthdays in Sport

Jul 1 Charlie Blackmon, American MLB outfielder (NL Batting champion 2017), born in Dallas, Texas
Jul 4 Terrance Knighton, American NFL Player, born in Hartford, Connecticut
Jul 8 Kevin Chappell, American golfer (US Open 2011 3rd), born in Fresno, California
Jul 8 Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
Jul 11 Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer
Jul 12 JP Pietersen, South African rugby union footballer
Jul 16 Florent Geroux, French jockey (Breeders' Cup Classic 2017; Kentucky Derby 2021), born in Argentan, France
Jul 23 Nelson Philippe, French racing driver, born in Valence, France
Jul 24 Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater
Jul 27 Courtney Kupets, American gymnast (World Championships champion 2002, 2003), born in Bedford, Texas
Jul 31 Evgeni Malkin, Russian NHL center (World C'ship gold 2012, 14; Pittsburg Penguins), born in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast

Weddings in Sport

Hana Mandlikova

Jul 25 Four-time Grand Slam winning tennis player Hana Mandlíková (24) weds restaurateur Jan Sedlak at Prague's old town hall

Deaths in Sport

Jul 2 Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, dies at 68
Jul 8 Skeeter Webb, American baseball player (b. 1909)
Jul 15 Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (Hambletonian x 4; Little Brown Jug x 5; Messenger Stakes x 7), dies from head injuries in fall at Yonkers Raceway at 62
Jul 18 Stanley Rous, British soccer official, 6th President of FIFA (1961-74), dies at 91
Jul 24 Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player & coach (South Melbourne), dies at 76
Jul 25 Ted Lyons, American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB All-Star 1939; AL wins leader 1925, 27; AL ERA leader 1942; no-hitter 1926; Chicago White Sox) and manager (Chicago WS 1926-28), dies at 85
Jul 28 Cliff Melton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1942; NL saves leader 1937; NY Giants), dies at 74
Jul 28 Syd Curnow, South African cricket batsman (7 Tests, HS 47; Transvaal), dies at 78