June 1976 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Jun 5 108th Belmont: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., riding Bold Forbes wins his only Belmont classic

Jun 8 Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks

Jun 13 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Cedar Brae CC: Donna Caponi wins in a playoff with Judy Rankin

Jun 13 French Open Women's Tennis: Sue Barker of England claims her lone major singles title; beats Renáta Tomanová of Czechoslovakia 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
Jun 14 French Open Men's Tennis: Adriano Panatta of Italy beats American Harold Solomon 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 for his lone Grand Slam singles title
Jun 15 In a blockbuster MLB trade, NY Yankees send May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore Orioles for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick & Jim Freeman
Jun 15 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium
Jun 17 ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets & Spurs) merges into NBA
Jun 18 St Louis Cards Lou Brock & Hector Cruz hit inside-the-park HRs

Jun 18 Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi & Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, & Vida Blue to Yankees

Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, Atlanta AC: Tour rookie Jerry Pate wins his only major title, 2 strokes ahead of runners-up Al Geiberger and Tom Weiskopf
Jun 20 UEFA European Championship Final, Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Czechoslovakia upsets West Germany, 5-3 on penalties following 2-2 draw a.e.t
Jun 22 SD Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk
Jun 25 Texas Ranger Toby Harrah is only shortstop not to handle a fielding chance in doubleheader
Jun 26 Washington Senators player Toby Harrah plays an entire doubleheader at shortstop without a single chance in the field

Jun 1 Marlon Devonish, MBE, English athlete (Olympic gold GB 4x100m relay 2004; World Indoor C'ship gold 200m 2003), born in Coventry, England
Jun 2 Elly Hutton, Australian 100m sprinter (Olympics 1996)
Jun 2 Josef Marha, Havl-brod Cze, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
Jun 2 Earl Boykins, American basketball player
Jun 3 Jamie McMurray, American NASCAR driver
Jun 6 Geoff Rowley, English skateboarder (co-owner Flip Skateboards; Thrasher Magazine "Skater of the Year" 2000), born in Liverpool, England
Jun 7 David Diaz, American light welterweight boxer (Olympics 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 8 Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player (3 Grand Slam titles, Olympic gold 1996), born in Palos Verdes, California
Jun 8 Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
Jun 10 Freddy García, American baseball player
Jun 10 Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer

Jun 12 Thomas Sørensen, Danish football goalkeeper, born in Fredericia, Denmark
Jun 14 Massimo Oddo, Italian football player
Jun 16 Frank van Twillert, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
Jun 17 Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker & cyclo-crosser, born in Bonheiden, Belgium
Jun 19 Darnell Autry, running back (Chicago Bears)
Jun 19 Bryan Hughes, English footballer
Jun 20 Rob Mackowiak, American baseball player
Jun 20 Juliano Belletti, Brazilian footballer
Jun 21 Nigel Lappin, Australian Rules Football defender (Brisbane Lions premiers 2001-03), born in Corowa, New South Wales
Jun 23 Paola Suarez, Argentinian tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires), born in Pergamino, Argentina
Jun 23 Wade Barrett, American soccer player
Jun 23 Brandon Stokley, American football player
Jun 23 Patrick Vieira, French footballer
Jun 24 Tyce Routson, Bellevue Wash, diver (Olympics 1996)
Jun 25 José Cancela, Uruguayan footballer, born in Santa Lucía, Uruguay
Jun 26 Ed Jovanoski, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers), born in Windsor, Ontario
Jun 26 Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler v Pakistan 1996), born in Plumtree, Matabeleland
Jun 26 Chad Pennington, American football player (New York Jets), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Jun 27 Johnny Estrada, American baseball player, born in Hayward, California
Jun 28 Shinobu Asagoe, Japanese tennis player, born in Hyōgo, Japan
Jun 28 Seth Wescott, American snowboarder (Olympic gold 2006,10), born in Durham, North Carolina

Jun 6 Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw (27) weds ice skater JoJo Starbuck (25) at Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles

Jun 21 Country singer Reba McEntire (21) weds national steer wrestling champion Charlie Battles (31); divorce in 1987

Jun 11 Jim Konstanty, American MLB relief pitcher (MLB All Star 1950; NL MVP 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 59
Jun 15 Jimmy Dykes, American MLB infielder (MLB All Star 1933-34 Chicago WS; World Series 1929-30 Philadelphia A's) and manager (Chicago WS 1934-46), dies at 79
Jun 20 Lou Klein, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia A's) and manager (Chicago Cubs), dies from a stroke at 57
Jun 23 Dehart Hubbard, American athlete (Olympic gold, long jump 1924; first African American to win individual event; WR 7.89m 1925), dies at 72
Jun 30 Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (Washington Senators), dies at 77