June 1938 in Sport

Events in Sport

Jun 14 Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge

Jun 15 1st night game at Brooklyn Ebbets Field (Reds 6, Dodgers 0) as Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer hurls unprecedented 2nd consecutive no-hitter
Jun 16 Boston Red Sox Jimmie Foxx is walked a record 6 consecutive times by St Louis Browns

Jun 18 Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season

Jun 19 FIFA World Cup Final: Luigi Colausig & Silvio Piola each score 2 goals as Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in Paris, France
Jun 19 Paul Waner (Pirates) homers off Pete Sivess (Phillies) in DH
Jun 19 Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless baseball innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th
Jun 21 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit
Jun 21 Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia v Lancashire

Jun 22 Joe Louis scores a stunning 1st round KO of German Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium to retain his world heavyweight boxing title

Jun 2 Gene Michael, American baseball shortstop, and general manger (NY Yankees), born in Kent, Ohio (d. 2017)
Jun 4 Art Mahaffey, baseball player
Jun 5 Karin Balzer, German DR, hurdler (Olympic gold 1968)
Jun 9 Anne Kenny, Mudgee NSW, golfer (1968, 71 Australian Champ)
Jun 13 Carole Jo Callison, LPGA golfer
Jun 14 Gustavo Ávila, Venezuelan jockey (Kentucky Derby/Preakness 1971), born in Caracas, Venezuela
Jun 15 Billy Williams, baseball player (Cubs)
Jun 17 Judy Kimball-Simon, LPGA golfer
Jun 21 James Botten, cricketer (all-rounder in 1965 South African series v England)
Jun 24 Boris Lagutin, USSR, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic gold 1964, 68)
Jun 24 Don Mincher, Huntsville, Alabama, Major League Baseball 1st baseman, (d. 2012)
Jun 27 Gordon Rorke, Australian cricketer (Australian quickie, 4 Tests at end of 50's), born in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Jun 30 Billy Mills, 10k (Olympic gold 1964), born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Jun 30 William Mervin Mills, 10K runner (Olympic gold 1964), born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota