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 67th British Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 283 at Prince's England
Jun 16 Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks v Essex
Jun 21 Heavyweight Jack Sharkey TKOs Max Schmeling (NYC)
Jun 21 Jack Sharkey beats Max Schmeling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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, Ethiopia, marathoner (Olympic gold 1968)
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, cricketer (South African off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65)
Jun 27 Eddie Kasko, baseball player

Jun 5 Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies
Jun 28 Marshall Taylor, American track cyclist (1899 world track championships), and the first African American to achieve the level of world champion, dies from a heart attack at 53