June 1954 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Jun 17 Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles by unanimous points decision in his 3rd world heavyweight boxing title defence at Yankee Stadium, NYC

Jun 19 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Ed Furgol wins his only major title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Gene Littler

Jun 19 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Glen Flora CC: Betty Jameson wins 6 & 5 over Louise Suggs in the final

Jun 26 Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4
Jun 27 Hungary beats Brazil, 4-2 in the "Battle of Berne" as FIFA World Cup quarter-final descends into an all-out brawl with 3 players sent-off; fighting continues in dressing rooms after final whistle

Jun 3 Wally Weir, Quebec ice hockey player
Jun 5 Phil Neale, English cricketer and coach, born in Scunthorpe
Jun 7 Lui Passaglia, CFL place kicker (BC Lions), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Jun 11 Gary Fencik, American NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 11 John Dyson, Australian cricketer (NSW & Australian opening batsman), born in Kogarah, Sydney, Australia
Jun 13 Daniel Seemiller, American table tennis player, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jun 15 Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (Olympic Gold 1972), born in Wollongong, Australia (d. 1996)
Jun 20 Alan Lamb, South African/British cricket player (79 tests for England), born in Langebaanweg, Cape Province
Jun 21 Jeremy Coney, New Zealand cricketer (NZ captain turned them into world-beaters), born in Wellington, New Zealand
Jun 25 John C. Kimmel, American horse trainer, born in East Orange, New Jersey
Jun 29 Rick Honeycutt, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee