June 1949 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Jun 11 US Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Cary Middlecoff wins the first of his 2 Open titles, 1 stroke ahead of Clayton Heafner and Sam Snead

Jun 20 Tennis star Gussie Moran shocks Wimbledon by wearing a short dress "to look good and "move more freely on the court"

Jun 22 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for National Boxing Association world heavyweight title

Jun 2 Stewart Ginn, Australian golfer (Senior Players C'ship 2002), born in Melbourne, Victoria
Jun 8 Hildegard Falck, German athlete (Olympic gold 800m 1972 FRG), born in Nettelrede, Germany
Jun 11 Tom Pryce, British racing driver, born in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales (d. 1977)
Jun 12 Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Granby, Quebec, Canada
Jun 15 Dusty Baker, American baseball outfielder and manager (MLB All Star 1981-82; LA Dodgers; NL Manager of the Year 1993, 97, 2000), born in Riverside, California
Jun 16 Paulo César, Brazilian footballer
Jun 20 Paul Shaw, Collingwood Ontario, trap shooter (Olympics 1996)
Jun 23 Gordon Bray, Australian sports broadcaster
Jun 25 Phyllis George, American beauty queen (Miss America, 1971), sportscaster (CBS, 1974-85), and First Lady of Kentucky, 1979-83, born in Denton, Texas (d. 2020)
Jun 25 Patrick Tambay, French racing driver, born in Paris
Jun 28 Don Baylor, American baseball player (Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP), born in Austin, Texas

Jun 29 Dan Dierdorf, American football offensive lineman and sportscaster (Monday Night Football), born in Canton, Ohio
Jun 30 Eric Goetz, American shipbuilder (America's Cup 1995), born in NYC, New York

Jun 11 NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle (23) weds artist Jane Coupe

Jun 25 Buck Freeman, American baseball outfielder (World Series 1903; HR leader 1899, 1903; AL RBI leader 1902, 03; Boston Americans), dies at 77
Jun 29 Walter Giffen, cricketer (brother of George, 3 Tests), dies