Elizabeth Ryan (1891-1979)
Jul 5 American tennis player (26 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 87
- Jul 7 Dalton Conyngham, South African cricket medium-pace bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), dies at 82
- Jul 9 Betty Evans Grayson, American softball pitcher (National Softball Hall of Fame 1959; Chicago Queens), dies at 53
- Jul 17 Doug Meintjes, South African cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
- Jul 22 Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), dies at 49
- Jul 22 Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, American heavyweight boxer and actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
- Jul 24 Greg Davis, Australian rugby union flanker (39 Tests, 16 as captain; NSW, Drummoyne DRFC), dies from a brain tumour at 39
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