June 1954 in Sport

Events in Sport

Jun 17 Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

Jun 19 54th US Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol GC in NJ
Jun 19 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
Jun 26 Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4
Jun 27 The so-called "Battle of Berne" occurs during the FIFA World Cup match between Brazil and Hungary as the game descends into an all-out brawl
Jun 30 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor

Jun 3 Cindy Ferro, LPGA golfer
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, Pitts, US Olympic table tennis player (Olympic-92)
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, cricketer (NZ captain turned them into world-beaters)
Jun 25 John C. Kimmel, American horse trainer, born in East Orange, New Jersey
Jun 29 Rick Honeycutt, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee