- Jul 1 John Stanford, American college baseball coach/administrator (Middle Tennessee), dies at 77
- Jul 14 Matt Batts, American MLB player, dies at 91
- Jul 15 Earl Gros, American NFL running back (Green Bay), dies at 72
- Jul 16 Torbjorn Falkanger, Norwegian ski jumper who took the Olympic oath in 1952, dies at 85
- Jul 19 Bert Trautmann, German soccer goalkeeper (Manchester City 508 games; FWA Footballer of the Year 1956), dies from heart failure at 89
- Jul 19 Phil Woosnam, Welsh soccer striker (Wales 17 caps; Leyton Orient, West Ham United, Aston Villa) and manager (USA 1968), dies from prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease at 90
- Jul 22 Lawrie Reilly, Scottish soccer striker (38 caps; Hibernian 253 games, 185 goals), dies at 84
- Jul 23 Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer, dies from complications from pneumonia at 84
Emile Griffith (1938-2013)
Jul 23 American boxer, (world welterweight, middleweight & junior middleweight champion), dies of dementia complications at 75
- Jul 28 George Scott, American MLB player, dies at 69
- Jul 29 Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian soccer striker (58 caps; El Nacional, Santos Laguna, América), dies from heart failure at 27
- Jul 29 Tony Gaze, Australian WWII fighter pilot and auto racer (first Australian to drive in a F1 GP 1951), dies at 93
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