Events in Sport
Golf Tournament
Jun 1 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Gatlinburg Golf Open
Louise Suggs
Baseball Record
Jun 2 Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record
Whitey Ford
Golf Major
Jun 8 LPGA Championship, Churchill Valley CC: Mickey Wright wins first of 13 major titles by 6 strokes from Fay Crocker
Mickey Wright
- Jun 14 58th US Golf Open: Tommy Bolt shoots a 283 at Southern Hills in Tulsa
- Jun 15 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
- Jun 22 Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado
- Jun 22 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
- Jun 28 Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden
- Jun 28 Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6)
- 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
Event of Interest
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 1 Cathy Hearn, slalom kayaker (Olympic 7th 1996), born in Washington, D.C.
- Jun 3 Ann Wilson, Brisbane Qld, golfer (1985 R/U NSW Open)
- Jun 3 Ibrahim Hussein, marathoner, (Boston Marathon-1988, 91, 92)
- Jun 4 Tony Pigott, cricketer (England pace bowler in a Test v NZ 1984)
- Jun 6 Elaine Crosby, LPGA golfer (1989 Mazda Japan Classic), born in Birmingham, Michigan
- Jun 7 Phillipe Boccara, US sprint kayaker (Olympics 1996), born in Le Mans, France
- Jun 8 Stan Brock, NFL tackle (San Diego Chargers)
- Jun 11 Deborah Vidal, Ponce Puerto Rico, LPGA golfer (1994 Oldsmobile-19th)
- Jun 14 Eric Heiden, US speed skater (5 Olympic gold medals 1980), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Jun 15 Wade Boggs, Nebraska, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman (AL bat champ 1985-88)
- Jun 16 Ulrike Tauber, East German swimmer
- Jun 20 Dickie Thon, baseball player
- Jun 20 Ron Hornaday, American racecar driver
- Jun 25 Debbie Green-Vargas, American volleyball player (Olympic silver 1984), born in South Korea
- Jun 28 Sergei Shakrai, USSR, figure skater (Olympic silver 1980)
- Jun 29 Richard Mettee, horse trainer
- Jun 29 Rosa Mota, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympic gold 1988), born in Porto, Portugal
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Jun 22 NBA forward Elgin Baylor (23) weds Ruby Saunder at Mt Olive Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.
Elgin Baylor