Events in Sport
- 1893 For only time in history of US Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago
- 1902 Victor Trumper scores a century for Australia before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England
- 1904 2nd Tour de France won by Henri Cornet of France
- 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reggie Doherty beat Holcombe Ward & Beals Wright 8-10, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 8-6 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)
- 1908 John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record)
- 1909 Bkln Dodger Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Pittsburgh Pirates
- 1921 15th Tour de France won by Leon Scieur of Belgium
- 1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove, 41, wins his 300th game
- 1946 9 Spokane baseball players (Western League) die in a bus crash
- 1949 Indian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5
- 1949 36th Tour de France won by Fausto Coppi of Italy
- 1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6)
- 1956 Dodgers lose to the Reds, 2-1, playing in Jersey City's Roosevelt Stadium
Event of Interest
1958 Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again
Ted Williams
Baseball Record
1961 Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader
Roger Maris
- 1965 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of NY Mets
- 1966 PGA Championship, Firestone CC: Al Geiberger wins his only major title by 4 shots from Dudley Wysong
- 1967 PGA Championship, Columbine CC: Don January wins his only major title in 18-hole playoff with Don Messengale (69-71)
- 1967 Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game
- 1968 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game
- 1970 International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule
- 1973 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, Kansas City
- 1973 All Star MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants)
US Women's Golf Open
1977 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez
Event of Interest
1979 Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR
Carl Yastrzemski
- 1983 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switzerland (2-1)
Event of Interest
1983 Pine Tar Game: George Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned)
George Brett
- 1983 70th Tour de France won by Laurent Fignon of France
US Women's Golf Open
1988 US Open Women's Golf, Baltimore CC: Liselotte Neumann of Sweden wins her only major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan
- 1988 US and Jamaica play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
- 1988 75th Tour de France won by Pedro Delgado of Spain
- 1993 NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight
- 1994 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
- 1994 US Open Women's Golf, Indianwood G & CC: Patty Sheehan wins her second title in 3 years, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Tammie Green; 5th of her 6 major titles
- 1994 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 4th consecutive Tour, 5' 39" ahead of Piotr Ugrumov; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
- 1994 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain retains title with 3-0 win over US; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-1 win over Lindsay Davenport
Event of Interest
2005 92nd Tour de France: no winner; Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive victory but disqualified in 2012 for doping
Lance Armstrong
Golf Tournament
2005 British Open Senior Men's Golf, Royal Aberdeen: Tom Watson wins his second Open Seniors title in a playoff with Ireland's Des Smyth
Tom Watson
Birthdays in Sport
- 1867 Fred Tate, English cricketer (father of Maurice, 1 Test, Eng v Aus 1902), born in Brighton, England (d. 1943)
- 1880 Kristian Hellström, Swedish athlete, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1946)
- 1888 Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket batsman (20's), born in Sevenhill, Clare, Australia (d. 1973)
- 1917 Simon Slåttvik, Norwegian cross country ski jumper (Olympic gold 1952), born in Valnesfjord, Norway (d. 2001)
- 1917 Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer, born in Macksville, New South Wales (d. 1999)
- 1919 Ferdi Kübler, Swiss cyclist (Tour de France 1950), born in Marthalen (d. 2017)
- 1926 Hans Günter Winkler, German equestrian (5 x Olympic gold 1956 [2], 60, 64, 72), born in Barmen, Germany (d. 2018)
- 1929 Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1953-56), born in KIngston, Jamaica (d. 2017)
- 1931 Éric Tabarly, French Navy officer and yachtsman, born in Nantes, France (d. 1998)
- 1933 Doug Sanders, American golfer (20 PGA Tour titles), born in Cedartown, Georgia
- 1934 Willie Davis, NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay)
- 1935 George Varnals, South African cricket batsman (England 1964-65)
- 1938 John Sparling, NZ cricket all-rounder (11 Tests 1958-64)
- 1939 Bob Lilly, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
- 1939 Walter Bellamy, New Bern NC, NBA center (Knicks/Olympic gold 1960), (d. 2013)
- 1943 Lyudmila Bragina, USSR, 1500m runner (Olympic gold 1972)
- 1947 M Jacques Fouroux, rugby player
- 1947 Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer (probably Pakistan's finest batsman ever), born in Sialkot, Punjab
- 1953 Steve Grogan, NFL quarterback (New England Patriots)
- 1954 Philippe Alliot, race driver (grand prix)
- 1955 Lubov Odinokova, USSR, team handball (Olympic gold 1976, 80)
- 1959 Edward Liddie, Union Ga, Judo fighter (Olympic bronze 1984)
- 1961 Kerry Dixon, English footballer
- 1962 Kevin Butler, NFL kicker (Chicago Bears)
- 1963 Julie Krone, Benton Harbor Mich, jockey (1st female to win Belmont-93)
- 1963 Karl Malone, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward (Utah Jazz, Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Summeerfield, Louisiana
Barry Bonds
1964 Barry Bonds, American baseball left fielder (MLB home-run record [762], 7 x NL MVP), born in Riverside, California
Barry Bonds
- 1964 Erminia Russo, Kelowna BC, volleyball player (Olympics 1996)
- 1964 Teri Schroeder, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13-1993), born in Newport Beach, California
- 1965 Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player (Olympics 1984, 88, 92, 96)
- 1965 Brian Blades, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
- 1965 Joe Oliver, catcher (Cincinnati Reds), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- 1966 Martin Keown, English footballer
- 1968 Mark Gunn, NFL defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
- 1969 Chris King, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
- 1969 Rick Fox, NBA guard/forward (LA Lakers, Boston Celtics)
- 1969 Steve Jennings, field hockey midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in Washington, D.C.
- 1970 Blaine Bishop, NFL safety (Houston Oilers)
- 1970 Philip Sykes, field hockey defender (Olympics 1996), born in Tacoma, Washington
- 1971 Dino Baggio, Italian footballer
- 1972 Kaiō Hiroyuki, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1974 Steve Bornhoeft, American canoeist (alt-Olympics 1996), born in LaGrange, Illinois
- 1975 Gloria Pizzichini, Italian tennis star
- 1975 Torrie Wilson, American wrestler
- 1976 Anita Nall, American breaststroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1992)
- 1976 Chris[tian] Patrick Raymond Ahrens, Whitefish Bay Wis, rower (Olympics 1996)
- 1976 Scott Logan, Brisbane QLD Australia, swimmer (Olympics 1996)
- 1976 Tiago Monteiro, Portuguese Formula One driver
- 1976 Nate Bump, American baseball player
- 1977 Arnold Bruggink, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)
- 1977 Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player
- 1979 Valerio Scassellati, Italian racing driver
- 1979 Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, French tennis player
- 1979 José Valverde, American baseball player
- 1980 Wilfred Bungei, Kenyan middle-distance runner
- 1982 Thiago Medeiros, Brazilian racing driver
- 1983 Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer
- 1985 Patrice Bergeron, Canadian hockey player
- 1986 Andrei Lutai, Russian figure skater
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
1980 Tennis star Björn Borg (24) weds tennis player Mariana Simionescu (23) in Bucharest, Romania
Björn Borg
Deaths in Sport
- 1883 Matthew Webb, English Channel swimmer, drowns above Niagara Falls
- 1966 Tony Lema, American golfer (British Open 1964), dies in a plane crash at 32
- 1986 Laurie Nash, Australian cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1932-36), dies at 76
- 1988 Ilona Elek, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1936, 48), dies at 81
- 1991 Freddie Brown, cricketer (English Test captain 1950-51), dies
- 1994 Wangila Napunyi, welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1988), dies at 26
- 1996 Jock Wallace, Scottish football player and manager, dies at 60
- 1997 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumour at 63
- 1997 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
- 2010 Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)
- 2018 Tony Cloninger, American MLB pitcher and coach (2 Grand Slams in one game), dies at 77
July in History
![First Lady Pours Scorn Upon a King]()
First Lady Pours Scorn Upon a King
American independence from Britain was declared and on this day a future US President's wife expressed her joy.
July 21, 1776![Spoonerism – Or Just A Lack Of Pies?]()
Spoonerism – Or Just A Lack Of Pies?
A Spoonerism is a phrase that comes out all wrong, and the man responsible for them, William Spooner, was born on this day. Did he just get bad Press?
July 22, 1844![Light and Air For All – With No Charge!]()
Light and Air For All – With No Charge!
One of Britain's most hated taxes, which had been in force for more than 250 years, was finally abolished on this day.
July 24, 1851![Oh! Calcutta! - The Bare Facts]()
Oh! Calcutta! - The Bare Facts
Born when free love and anything goes were the mantra of youth, the show "Oh! Calcutta!" opened in London on this day. Police considered a prosecution for obscenity.
July 26, 1970
