Events in Sports History in July 1960

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 1 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-Australian final Neale Fraser wins is first and only Wimbledon singles title; beats Rod Laver 6-4, 3-6, 9-7, 7-5

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil beats South African Sandra Reynolds 8–6, 6–0

LPGA Championship

Jul 4 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Sheraton Hotel CC: Mickey Wright wins by 3 from Louise Suggs

Golfer and Co-Founder of the LPGA Louise Suggs

Baseball Record

Jul 4 Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle hits 3-run homer vs Washington, 18th MLB player to hit 300 HRs

Sports History

Jul 8 Fidel Castro ends Havana's International League team, Sugar Kings move to New Jersey

Cuban Revolutionary and President Fidel Castro

British Golf Open

Jul 9 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Australian Kel Nagle wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Arnold Palmer in the centenary year of the Open Championship

Jul 10 UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Viktor Ponedelnik scores in extra time as Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia, 2-1
Jul 11 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC
Jul 13 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York

Sports History

Jul 15 Baltimore's future Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson goes 5 for 5 including the cycle in the Orioles' 5-2 win over the Chicago White Sox

Jul 16 205,000 (record sports attend) see Brazil-Uruguay World Cup soccer [1]
Jul 17 47th Tour de France won by Gastone Nencini of Italy
Jul 18 Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and NY franchises

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 23 US Open Women's Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her 4th Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joyce Ziske

Jul 24 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: Jay Hebert wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Australian Jim Ferrier
Jul 30 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7)