- Jul 1 1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
Sports History
Jul 1 Australian Bruce Crampton becomes the 5th golfer (but first non-American) to win more than $1m when 4th in the Western Open
- Jul 3 Brothers Gaylord (Hall of Fame) and Jim Perry (3-time All Star) face each other for only time in MLB, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, Gaylord charged with loss
- Jul 5 Test cricket debut of English umpire Harold "Dickie" Bird v NZ at Leeds (66 Tests, 69 ODI)
- Jul 7 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Czech Jan Kodeš beats Alex Metreveli of Russia 6-1, 9-8, 6-3 for his 3rd Grand Slam singles success
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert 6-0, 7-5 for her 10th career Grand Slam singles title
- Jul 8 NY Mets are 12½ games back in NL and go on to win pennant
- Jul 13 Bobby Murcer's 3 homers accounted for all RBIs, beating KC 5-0
- Jul 14 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Troon GC: American Tom Weiskopf wins wire-to-wire by 3 strokes from Johnny Miller and Neil Coles
Sports History
Jul 15 California Angel Nolan Ryan's 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0
Baseball Record
Jul 15 MLB San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs, this one at Candlestick Park against Pittsburgh Pirate's Bob Moose
Baseball Hall of Fame
Jul 19 NY Mets future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays is named to NL All Star team for 24th time (ties Stan Musial)
- Jul 20 Chic's Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader with NY Yankees, 12-2, & 7-0
Sports History
Jul 21 Braves Hank Aaron hits Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR, in Atlanta
Sports History
Jul 24 All Star MVP: Bobby Bonds (SF Giants)
- Jul 27 40th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Miami 14, All Stars 3 (54,103)
- Jul 27 Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
- Jul 30 Texas Rangers Jim Bibby no-hits 1st-place Oakland, 6-0
- Jul 31 England cricket batsman Frank Hayes scores unbeaten 106 in Test debut in 1st Test v West Indies at The Oval, London; tourists win by 158 runs
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