Events in Sport
- Jun 1 Dutch soccer club FC Volendam is established as a result of split up with RKSV; 6-time Eerste Divisie champions
- Jun 3 Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals)
French Open Women's Tennis
Jun 4 French Open Women's Tennis: Mima Jaušovec of Yugoslavia wins her lone Grand Slam singles title; beats Florența Mihai of Romania 6-2, 6-7, 6-1

Mima Jausovec
- Jun 5 31st NBA Championship: Port Trailblazers beat Philadelphia 76er, 4 games to 2
- Jun 5 Los Angeles Dodgers retire Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman and manager Walter Alston's #24
French Open Men's Tennis
Jun 5 French Open Men's Tennis: Guillermo Vilas of Argentina wins first career Grand Slam event; outclasses American Brian Gottfried 6-0, 6-3, 6-0

Guillermo Vilas
Baseball Record
Jun 8 Nolan Ryan notches his 4th career 19-strikeout game

Nolan Ryan
- Jun 10 Al Geiberger becomes the 1st player in history to post a score of 59 (−13) in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, during the 2nd round Danny Thomas Memphis Classic at Colonial CC in Cordova, Tennessee
- Jun 11 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet riding Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6
LPGA Championship
Jun 12 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Bay Tree Plantation GC: Chako Higuchi of Japan wins her only LPGA major title by 3 from Pat Bradley, Sandra Post & Judy Rankin

Pat Bradley
Event of Interest
Jun 15 NY Mets trade Tom Seaver to Reds for Pat Zachry

Tom Seaver
- Jun 16 Ron Guidry's 1st complete game, 7-0 over KC Royals
Event of Interest
Jun 18 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation

Reggie Jackson
- Jun 19 US Open Golf, Southern Hills CC: Hubert Green shoots 2-under 278 to beat Lou Graham by 1 stroke
Event of Interest
Jun 19 MLB Cleveland Indians fire manager Frank Robinson and replace him with Jeff Torborg

Frank Robinson
Baseball Record
Jun 27 Willie McCovey smashes 2 HRs in inning for 2nd time (Apr 12, 1973)

Willie McCovey
Event of Interest
Jun 29 Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR

Willie Stargell
- Jun 30 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 3 Travis Hafner, American MLB first baseman (tied MLB record 6 grand slams 2006), born in Jamestown, North Dakota
- Jun 3 Cris, Brazilian footballer
- Jun 3 Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player
- Jun 4 Dionisis Chiotis, Greek footballer
- Jun 4 Alex Manninger, Austrian footballer
- Jun 4 Quinten Hann, Australian former snooker player
- Jun 5 Chantal Lefebvre, Canadian, ice dancer (1996 Canadians-2nd), born in Ville LaSalle, Quebec
- Jun 6 David Connolly, Irish footballer
- Jun 7 Marcin Baszczyński, Polish football player
- Jun 7 Odalis Pérez, Dominican baseball player (Atlanta Braves, LA Dodgers), born in Las Matas de Farfán, Dominican Republic
- Jun 8 Yvette Basting, Breda Neth, tennis star (1994 Futures-Flensberg-GER)
- Jun 9 Zephnad Wattimury, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
- Jun 9 Peja Stojakovic, Serbian basketball player
- Jun 10 Mike Rosenthal, American football player, sports radio talk show host
- Jun 11 Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer (US Open 2006; 8 PGA Tour titles), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- Jun 13 Alexei Kariozhny, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Olympics 1998)
- Jun 14 Chris McAlister, American football player
- Jun 15 Michael Doleac, American basketball player
- Jun 16 Kerry Wood, American baseball player
- Jun 16 Petros Papadakis, American sportscaster, former USC football player
- Jun 17 Mark Tauscher, American NFL player, born in Marshfield, Wisconsin
- Jun 19 Peter Warrick, American NFL running back (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jun 20 Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
- Jun 23 Hayden Foxe, Australian soccer defender (Olyroos, Olympics 1996)
- Jun 23 Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
- Jun 24 Cliff Bayer, American fencer-foil (Olympics 1996), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 24 Dimosthenis Dikoudis, Greek basketball player
- Jun 27 Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer (Veendam), born in Gniezno, Poland
- Jun 27 Raúl, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid), born in Madrid, Spain
- Jun 28 Lindsay Lee, American tennis star (1995 Futures-Woodlands TX), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Jun 28 Chris Spurling, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers), born in Dayton, Ohio
- Jun 29 Sharon Cripps, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics 1996)
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Jun 8 Retired NBA player Bill Russell (43) weds 1968 Miss USA Dorothy Anstett

Bill Russell
Deaths in Sport
- Jun 9 Bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin for NZ, 12 wkts), dies