Events in Sport
- Jun 12 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Championship
- 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 29th PGA Championship: Jim Ferrier at Plum Hollow CC Detroit
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 2nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 2 Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
- Jun 3 Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (d. 1986)
- Jun 6 Marion Coakes, England, equestrian show jumper (Olympic silver 1968)
- Jun 6 Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
- Jun 7 Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees)
- Jun 10 Ken Singleton, baseball player (Orioles), born in Mt Vernon, New York
- Jun 12 Ronald J Freeman II, Elizabeth NJ, 4x400m runner (Olympic gold 1968)
- 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, cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979)
Deaths in Sport
- Jun 6 Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63), dies