Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Jun 1 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman cracks 191 in tour match v Hampshire at Southampton; Bradman smashes 26 fours in 240 minutes

Donald Bradman
- Jun 1 French Championships Men's Tennis: Frenchman Henri Cochet wins 3rd of 4 French titles; beats American Bill Tilden 3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-1
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 1 French Championships Women's Tennis: Helen Wills Moody wins her 3rd straight French title; beats fellow American Helen Jacobs 6-2, 6-1

Helen Wills Moody
- Jun 3 Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies
- Jun 7 62nd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:31.6
World Record
Jun 9 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4)

Paavo Nurmi
- Jun 10 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club forms
- Jun 12 German boxer Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey by disqualification in 4 rounds in NYC for vacant NBA, NYSAC, The Ring and lineal heavyweight titles; first time title won on a foul
- Jun 14 VVGZ soccer team forms in Zwijndrecht
- Jun 17 Continuing a rich vein of form Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 131 in 1st Test v England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
British Golf Open
Jun 20 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: Bobby Jones wins his 3rd Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Leo Diegel and Macdonald Smith on his way to the single-season Grand Slam

Bobby Jones

Leo Diegel
- Jun 21 Ruth hits 3 HRs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th & lose 15-7
Baseball Record
Jun 22 Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader

Lou Gehrig
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 1 Matt Poore, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (14 Tests 355 runs @ 15.43, 9 wickets), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 2020)
- Jun 2 Bob Lillis, baseball player
- Jun 3 Michael Melle, cricketer (South African pace bowler of early 1950's)
- Jun 6 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), born in Farnworth, Lancashire, (d. 2015)
- Jun 7 Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian soccer defender (51 caps; Vasco da Gama, São Paulo), born in Itapira, Brazil (d. 2014)
- Jun 12 Jim Burke, Australian cricket batsman (24 Tests; record for most innings in a complete career without scoring a duck [44]), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1979)
- Jun 12 Donald Byrne, American chess player, born in NYC, New York (d. 1976)
- Jun 12 Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver, born in Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 1993)
- Jun 15 Marcel Pronovost, professional ice hockey player
- Jun 17 Brian Statham, English cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades), born in Gorton, Manchester, England (d. 2000)
- Jun 17 James Gathers, American 200m runner (Olympic bronze 1952), born in South Carolina
- Jun 20 Paul Pender, American boxer
- Jun 21 Mike McCormack, American NFL offensive tackle (NY Yankees, Cleveland, Philadelphia), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2013)
- Jun 27 Tommy [Tamio] Kono, American weightlifter (Olympic gold 1952, 60), born in Sacramento, California (d. 2016)
- Jun 30 Mac Benson, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer, born in Wilmington, Delaware
- Jun 30 W. C. Gorden, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Jackson State University 1976-91, record 119–48–5), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2020)