June 1962 in Sport

Events in Sport

Jun 2 61st Men's French Championships: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2)

Jun 2 61st Women's French Championships: Margaret Court beats Lesley Turner Bowrey (6-3, 3-6, 7-5)

Jun 3 Betsy Rawls & Kathy wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open

Jun 9 94th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Jaipur wins in 2:28.8
Jun 10 A record 54 home runs hit in baseball
Jun 10 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3½"
Jun 10 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Austin Civitan Golf Tournament
Jun 15 Phillies score 10 runs in an inning against Reds en route to 13-8 win

Jun 17 62nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC PA

Jun 17 FIFA World Cup Final: Brazil beats Czechoslovakia 3-1 in Santiago, Chile
Jun 17 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
Jun 23 Larry Doby retires from Cleveland Indians to play in Japan
Jun 24 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA J E McAuliffe Golf Tournament
Jun 24 Jack Reed's 22nd-inning HR wins longest NY Yankee game in history
Jun 26 Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0
Jun 30 17th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Murle Lindstrom
Jun 30 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0

Jun 1 Sherri Howard, 4X400m hurdler (Olympic gold 1984), born in Sherman, Texas
Jun 2 Darnell Coles, baseball player
Jun 2 Laura Witvoet, Alberta Canada, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning-52nd)
Jun 3 Connie Price-Smith, discus thrower (Olympic 5th-96), born in Saint Charles, Missouri
Jun 4 Zenon Jaskuła, Polish cyclist
Jun 7 Janice Lawrence Braxton, WNBA center (Cleve Rockers, Olym-gold-1984)
Jun 7 Takuya Kurosawa, Japanese racing driver
Jun 10 Brent Sutter, Viking, NHL center (Chicago Blackhawks)
Jun 10 Duane Sutter, NHL player (NY Islander)
Jun 10 Floris Jansen, cricketer (Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
Jun 11 Michael Kenny, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores)
Jun 11 Erika Salumäe, Estonian cyclist, Olympian
Jun 13 Hannah Storm, sports journalist (CNN, NBC)
Jun 13 Karen Kurreck, Urbana Ill, cyclist (Olympics 1996)
Jun 13 Davey Hamilton, American racing driver
Jun 14 Scott Radecic, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
Jun 16 Wally Joyner, American baseball player
Jun 17 Ed Brady, American NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Morris, Illinois
Jun 19 Ken Tohill, American jockey, born in Pleasanton, California
Jun 19 Phillip Hatchett, Russellville Ky, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Quebec)
Jun 19 Jeremy Bates, English tennis player
Jun 21 Takeshi Asami, Japanese racing driver

Jun 22 Clyde "Glide" Drexler, NBA Guard (Houston Rockets, Port Trailblazers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Jun 23 Kari Takko, Uusikaupunki FIN, hockey goalie (Team Finland)
Jun 25 Dan Turk, American footballer, NFL center (Washington Redskins), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2000)
Jun 26 Jerome Kersey, American NBA forward (Golden State Warriors, Sea Supersonics), born in Clarksville, Virginia (d. 2015)
Jun 28 Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir, Romanian long jumper (Olympic gold 1984), born in Brăila, Romania
Jun 30 Tony Fernández, Dominican baseball player

Jun 10 NFL running back Gale Sayers (19) weds his high school sweetheart Linda McNeil