June 1932 in Sport

Events in Sport

Jun 3 Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13

Jun 4 64th Belmont: Tom Malley aboard Faireno wins in 2:32.8
Jun 6 Ijsselmeervogels soccer team forms in Spakenburg
Jun 6 37th Men's French Championships: Henri Cochet beats Giorgio de Stefani (6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3)

Jun 6 37th Women's French Championships: Helen Wills Moody beats Simonne Mathieu (7-5, 6-1)

Jun 7 Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) & bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2
Jun 10 British Open Golf, Prince's GC: Gene Sarazen wins wire-to-wire by 5 strokes from fellow American Macdonald Smith
Jun 16 Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks v Essex
Jun 21 German champion Max Schmeling loses world heavyweight title in split points decision to Jack Sharkey in New York
Jun 23 Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a NY uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland)
Jun 25 36th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 286 at Fresh Meadows NY
Jun 25 Commencement of India's 1st cricket Test v England at Lord's

Jun 1 Francis Cameron, cricketer (NZ pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65)
Jun 5 A R Dawson, rugby player
Jun 8 Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and captain, born in Yorkshire, England
Jun 12 Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian marathoner (Olympic gold 1968), born in Ada'a, Oromo, Ethiopia (d. 2002)
Jun 17 Derek Ibbotson, 5K runner (Olympic bronze 1956)
Jun 23 Bob Blair, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s)
Jun 26 Henry Bromfield, South African cricketer (South African off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65), born in Mossel Bay, Cape Province
Jun 27 Eddie Kasko, American Major League baseball player, born in Linden, New Jersey

Jun 5 Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies
Jun 21 Marshall Taylor, American track cyclist and the first African American to achieve the level of world champion (1899 world track championships), dies from a heart attack at 53