June 1981

June 1981 in Sport

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Events in Sport

Event of Interest

Jun 5 Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader (1,777)

MLB Pitching Legend Nolan Ryan — MLB Pitching Legend
Nolan Ryan

Tennis Open

Jun 7 80th Men's French Open: Bjorn Borg beats Ivan Lendl (6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1)

Tennis Player Björn Borg — Tennis Player
Björn Borg

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ivan Lendl — Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion
Ivan Lendl

Tennis Open

Jun 7 80th Women's French Open: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (6-2, 6-4)

Tennis Player and Four-Time Major Champion Hana Mandlikova — Tennis Player and Four-Time Major Champion
Hana Mandlikova

Tennis Player Sylvia Hanika — Tennis Player
Sylvia Hanika

Jun 8 Seattle Mariners draft Mike Moore #1

Baseball Record

Jun 10 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits

MLB Player and Manager Pete Rose — MLB Player and Manager
Pete Rose

MLB Legend Stan Musial — MLB Legend
Stan Musial

Jun 11 Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike
Jun 12 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike

Boxing Title Fight

Jun 12 Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title

WBC Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes — WBC Heavyweight Champion
Larry Holmes

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Leon Spinks — Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Leon Spinks

Golf Major

Jun 14 27th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

LPGA Golfer Donna Caponi — LPGA Golfer
Donna Caponi

Jun 18 Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, v England at Trent Bridge
Jun 21 81st US Golf Open: David Graham shoots 273 at Merion GC in Ardmore Pa
Jun 21 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf

Event of Interest

Jun 22 John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon

Tennis Player John McEnroe — Tennis Player
John McEnroe

Jun 23 Longest game in Professional Baseball: Pawtucket Red Sox finally beat Rochester Red Wings 3-2 in 33 innings (game began 18th April)

Golf Tournament

Jun 28 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament

LPGA Golfer Nancy Lopez — LPGA Golfer
Nancy Lopez

Birthdays in Sport

Jun 1 Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
Jun 2 Chin-hui Tsao, Taiwanese baseball player
Jun 2 Nikolay Davydenko, Russian professional tennis pl
Jun 4 Giourkas Seitaridis, Greek footballer
Jun 7 Tyler Johnson, baseball player

Anna Kournikova

Jun 7 Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player, born in Moscow

Tennis Player Anna Kournikova — Tennis Player
Anna Kournikova

Jun 7 Stephen Bywater, British goalkeeper
Jun 7 Kevin Kyle, Scottish footballer
Jun 8 Matteo Meneghello, Italian racing driver
Jun 10 Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
Jun 11 Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer
Jun 15 Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
Jun 16 Miguel Villalta, Peruvian footballer
Jun 16 Benjamin Becker, German tennis player
Jun 16 Kevin Bieksa, Canadian ice hockey player
Jun 17 Kyle Boller, American football quarterback
Jun 17 Shane Watson, Australian cricket all-rounder
Jun 20 Ardian Gashi, Albanian-Norwegian footballer
Jun 21 Yann Danis, Canadian ice hockey player
Jun 22 Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics 1996)
Jun 25 Simon Ammann, Swiss ski jumper
Jun 29 Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
Jun 29 Joe Johnson, American basketball player
Jun 30 Can Artam, Turkish racing driver
Jun 30 Matt Kirk, Canadian football Player
Jun 30 Ben Utecht, American football Player

Deaths in Sport

Jun 3 Eric Dalton, South African cricketer (698 runs for South Africa at 31 72), dies at 74
Jun 28 Terry Fox, Canadian one-legged marathoner, dies of cancer at 22

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