Events in Sport
- Jun 12 British Amateur Women's Golf, Gullane GC: Babe Didrikson becomes first American to win event; beat England's Jacqueline Gordon 5 & 4
- Jun 13 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
- Jun 15 47th US Golf Open: Lew Worsham shoots a 282 at St Louis CC in MO
- Jun 18 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
- Jun 24 PGA Championship, Plum Hollow CC: Jim Ferrier becomes first Australian to win a major title; beats Chick Herbert 2 & 1
Event of Interest
Jun 24 Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his career
Jackie Robinson
- Jun 24 Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament
Boxing Title Fight
- Jun 29 US Open Women's Golf, Starmount Forest CC: American Betty Jameson wins her only US crown, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Polly Riley and Sally Sessions, both amateurs
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 2 Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
- Jun 3 Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (d. 1986)
- Jun 6 Marion Coakes, English equestrian show jumper (Olympic silver 1968), born in New Milton, Hampshire
- Jun 6 Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
- Jun 7 Thurman Munson, American baseball catcher and captain (NY Yankees), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1979)
- Jun 10 Ken Singleton, baseball player (Orioles), born in Mt Vernon, New York
- Jun 12 Ron Freeman, American athlete, 4x400m runner (Olympic gold 1968), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
- Jun 20 John Forbes, horse trainer
- Jun 22 Murray Webb, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75)
Pete Maravich
Jun 22 "Pistol" Pete Maravich, American NBA star (Atlanta Hawks), born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania (d. 1988)
Pete Maravich
- Jun 29 Jeff Moss, Australian cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979), born in Melbourne, Australia
Deaths in Sport
- Jun 6 Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63), dies