June 1958 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Jun 1 The Riverside International Raceway in Southern California opens with three 500-mile races in one weekend; Eddie Gray wins the Crown America 500 for NASCAR Grand National cars

Sports History

Jun 2 Brooks Robinson hits into 1st of record 4 triple plays

Baseball Record

Jun 2 Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record

Jun 3 Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers
Jun 4 San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer and Bob Schmidt are first in NL history to hit consecutive pinch-hit HRs in 10-9 win over the Milwaukee Braves
Jun 7 90th Belmont: Pete Anderson aboard Cavan wins in 2:30.2

LPGA Championship

Jun 8 LPGA Championship, Churchill Valley CC: Mickey Wright wins first of 13 major titles by 6 strokes from Fay Crocker

US Golf Open

Jun 14 US Open Men's Golf, Southern Hills CC: Native Oklahoman Tommy Bolt wins his only major championship, 4 strokes ahead of 22-year old South African Gary Player

Jun 22 Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado
Jun 22 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Kahkwa CC: Patty Berg wins back-to-back WO titles; beats runner-up Beverly Hanson by 4 strokes
Jun 28 American swimmer Nancy Ramey sets world record for 100m butterfly in 1:09.6 in Los Angeles, California
Jun 28 US Open Women's Golf, Forest Lake CC: Mickey Wright wins 1st of 4 Open titles by 5 from Louise Suggs; 1st player to win Open & LPGA in same year

FIFA World Cup

Jun 29 FIFA World Cup Final, Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden: Vavá & Pelé each score 2 goals as Brazil beats Sweden, 5-2

Birthdays in Sport

Jun 4 Tony Pigott, English cricketer (England pace bowler in a Test v NZ 1984), born in Fulham, London, England
Jun 7 Philippe Boccara, American kayaker (Olympics silver 1996; World C'ship gold 1985, 87, 90-91), born in Le Mans, France

Eric Heiden

Jun 14 Eric Heiden, American speed skater (5 Olympic gold medals 1980), born in Madison, Wisconsin

Jun 15 Wade Boggs, American MLB baseball 3rd baseman, 1982-99, AL batting champ 1983 & 1985-88, 12X All-Star (Boston Red Sox; New York Yankees; Tampa Bay Devil Rays), born in Omaha, Nebraska
Jun 16 Ulrike Tauber, East German swimmer, born in Karl-Marx-Stadt,, East Germany
Jun 17 Des Drummond, Jamaican rugby league winner (24 Tests Great Britain, 4 England; Leigh RLFC, Warrington RLFC), born in Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica (d. 2022)
Jun 20 Dickie Thon, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, born in South Bend, Indiana
Jun 20 Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
Jun 24 T. C. Chen, Taiwanese golfer (US Open 1985 runner-up), born in Taipei City, Taiwan
Jun 25 Debbie Green-Vargas, American volleyball player (Olympic silver 1984), born in South Korea
Jun 28 Sergei Shakrai, Russian figure skater (Olympic silver 1980), born in Soviet Union
Jun 29 Rosa Mota, Portuguese long distance runner (Olympic gold marathon 1988; World C'ship gold marathon 1987), born in Porto, Portugal

Weddings in Sport

Elgin Baylor

Jun 22 NBA forward Elgin Baylor (23) weds Ruby Saunder at Mt Olive Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.

Deaths in Sport

Jun 7 Roger Hartigan, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust in 1908), dies

Clarence DeMar

Jun 11 Clarence DeMar [Mr. DeMarathon], American marathon runner and 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, dies of cancer at 70

Jun 18 Douglas Jardine, English cricketer (22 Tests for England), dies
Jun 26 George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
Jun 29 George Gunn, English cricket batsman (15 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, HS 122no; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 79