July brings big sporting action, but here’s a quick look at famous sports moments that happened on July 28. These are the standout wins, records, and unforgettable plays that fans still talk about.
In 1906 the New York Yankees turned a triple play. In 1912 Odile Defraye of Belgium won the Tour de France. France beat the U.S. for the Davis Cup in 1929. The 1931 Chicago White Sox scored 11 runs in one inning against the Yankees. Fred Perry won the International Lawn Tennis Challenge in 1936. Charlie Keller hit three homers in 1940.
In 1951 Clyde Vollmer of the Red Sox hit a walk-off grand slam in the 16th inning — the latest game-ending grand slam in baseball history. Jim Landis struck out five times in 1957. Brooks Robinson made three errors in one inning in 1971. In 1976 John Odom and Francisco Barrios combined for a no-hitter against Oakland. Dave Kingman hit three homers again in 1979.
Pat Bradley won the Canadian Women’s Open by one stroke in 1985. Ángel Cordero Jr. reached 6,000 wins as a jockey in 1987, and Laura Davies won the U.S. Women’s Open that same year. In 1989 Dale Murphy hit two three-run homers in one inning; Vince Coleman’s stolen-base streak ended that day too. Dennis Martínez threw the 13th perfect game in 1991. Spain beat the U.S. to win the Federation Cup that year, and Miguel Induráin claimed the first of five straight Tour de France titles. Jack Nicklaus tied the course record to win the U.S. Senior Open in 1991.
Ken Griffey Jr. homered in eight straight games in 1993. Kenny Rogers threw a perfect game in 1994. Brian Barnes won the Senior British Open in 1996, and Darryl Strawberry hit his 300th homer that year. In 1997 Mark Messier signed with Vancouver. Noboru Sugai won the Senior British Open in 2002. Ye Shiwen set a world record in the women’s 400m IM in 2012. Pedro Martínez had his number retired by the Red Sox in 2015. And in 2019 Egan Bernal became the first Colombian to win the Tour de France.
