- Jul 2 Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, dies at 68
- 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 FIFA 1961-74), dies at 91
- Jul 24 Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player and 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
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