- Jul 6 Brun Smith, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests @ 47.40), dies at 75
- Jul 7 Jerry Doggett, American sportscaster, 1956-87 (Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 80
- Jul 20 Clifford McWatt, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests, 10 dismissals; British Guiana), dies in a car crash at 75
- Jul 23 Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (Olympic gold triple jump 1932; only person to have held WRs in both long jump & triple jump), dies at 93
- Jul 24 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumor at 63
- Jul 24 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
Ben Hogan (1912-1997)
Jul 25 American golfer (9-time major title winner; US masters 1951, 53), dies of a stroke at 84
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