June 1982 in Sport

Events in Sport

Jun 1 Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year

Jun 5 French Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats American teenager Andrea Jaeger 7-6, 6-1 for her first French singles crown

Jun 6 French Open Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander of Sweden wins his first career Grand Slam title; beats Guillermo Vilas of Argentina 1-6, 7-6, 6-0, 6-4

Jun 11 Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

Jun 13 LPGA Championship, Jack Nicklaus GC: Jan Stephenson of Australia wins by 2 strokes from JoAnne Carner

Jun 20 US Open Men's Golf, Pebble Beach GL: Tom Watson wins his only US Open by 2 strokes from Jack Nicklaus

Jun 20 Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz)

Jun 22 Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place
Jun 30 New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting; legend of the Jersey Devil, a creature that allegedly inhabited the Pine Barrens of South Jersey

Jun 1 Justine Henin (formerly Henin-Hardenne), Belgian tennis player (7 time Grand Slam singles winner), born in Liège, Belgium
Jun 3 Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter (Olympic gold 2004, 08), born in Volgograd, Russia
Jun 7 Virgil Vasquez, American baseball player
Jun 8 Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
Jun 8 Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
Jun 10 Tara Lipinski, figure skater (1997 World Champ), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 11 Joey Graham, American basketball player (Toronto Raptors), born in Wilmington, Delaware
Jun 11 Stephen Graham, American basketball player, born in Wilmington, Delaware
Jun 11 Diana Taurasi, American basketball player (Phoenix Mercury), born in Glendale, California
Jun 12 Loïc Duval, French racing driver (Audi Sport), born in Chartres, France
Jun 12 Jason David, American NFL cornerback (Indianapolis Colts), born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jun 13 Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian athlete
Jun 14 Jamie Green, British racing driver
Jun 15 Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
Jun 16 Chris Wingert, American soccer player
Jun 17 Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player
Jun 19 David Pollack, American football player
Jun 19 Alexander Frolov, Russian hockey player
Jun 22 Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
Jun 24 Kevin Nolan, English footballer
Jun 24 Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
Jun 25 Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player, born in Moscow, Russia
Jun 30 Mitch Maier, American baseball player

Jun 8 Satchel Paige, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (5-time Negro League, 2-time MLB All Star), dies of a heart attack at 75
Jun 13 Ken "Slasher" Mackay, cricketer (Aussie all-rounder 1956-63), dies
Jun 13 Peter Maivia, wrestler (b. 1935)