Events in Sport
LPGA Championship
Jun 1 LPGA Championship, Jack Nicklaus GC: Pat Bradley birdies final hole to win by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan
Pat Bradley
Patty Sheehan
Tennis Open
Jun 7 French Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Martina Navratilova 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 for her 18th and final Grand Slam title and record 7th French singles crown
Chris Evert
Martina Navratilova
Tennis Open
Jun 8 French Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins 3rd career Grand Slam title; beats Mikael Pernfors of Sweden 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Ivan Lendl
Mikael Pernfors
US Golf Open
Jun 15 US Open Men's Golf, Shinnecock Hills GC: Raymond Floyd wins his 4th and final major, 2 strokes ahead of Chip Beck and Lanny Wadkins
Ray Floyd
- Jun 18 Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
Event of Interest
Jun 20 Jim Fregosi replaces Tony La Russa as White Sox manager
Tony La Russa
- Jun 21 Bo Jackson, Heisman Trophy winner, signs with KC Royals
- Jun 21 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)
- Jun 23 Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)
- Jun 25 Phillies give Steve Carlton, 41, his unconditional release
- Jun 27 American tennis player Anne White shocks Wimbledon by wearing a white, one-piece, lycra body suit in 1st round match against Pam Shriver; wears regular outfit after rain break
- Jun 27 Robby Thompson (SF Giants) sets record, caught stealing 4 times in 1 game
- Jun 29 FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Argentina beats West Germany, 3-2 in front of 114,600
- Jun 29 Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver
Event of Interest
Jun 29 Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues
Sparky Anderson
Event of Interest
Jun 29 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Scioto CC: Dale Douglass wins by 1 stroke ahead of Gary Player for his lone Champions Tour major title
Gary Player
Birthdays in Sport
- Jun 3 Alexandros Karageorgiou, Greek archer
Rafael Nadal
Jun 3 Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player (17 Grand Slam singles titles - 11 French Opens), born in Manacor, Balearic Islands, Spain
Rafael Nadal
- Jun 3 Tomas Verner, Czech Republic ice skater
- Jun 3 Adrián Vallés, Spanish racing driver
- Jun 3 Al Horford, American basketball player
- Jun 7 Keegan Bradley, American golfer (PGA C'ship 2011), born in Woodstock, Vermont
- Jun 8 Patrick Kaleta, American hockey player
- Jun 14 Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
- Jun 16 Urby Emanuelson, Dutch footballer
- Jun 16 Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi Cricketer
- Jun 16 Rodrigo Defendi, Brazilian footballer
- Jun 16 Robert Rothbart, Bosnian-Israeli Basketball Player
- Jun 16 Fernando Muslera, Uruguayan footballer
- Jun 18 Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
- Jun 19 Marvin Williams, American basketball player
- Jun 22 Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player, born in Pago Pago, America Samoa
- Jun 24 Stuart Broad, English cricketer
- Jun 24 Phil Hughes, American baseball player
- Jun 25 Charlie Davies, American soccer player (New England Revolution), born in Manchester, New Hampshire
- Jun 27 LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter, born in Portsmouth, Virginia
- Jun 30 Victoria Crawford, American wrestler and model
Deaths in Sport
- Jun 1 Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver, dies in a car accident at Le Mans at 32
- Jun 2 Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 84 (b. 1901)
- Jun 13 Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer (PGA C'ship 1947), dies at 71
- Jun 15 Keki Tarapore, Indian cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter at 75
- Jun 19 Len Bias, American basketball player (Boston Celtics pick for 1986 draft) dies of a cocaine-induced seizure at 22
- Jun 26 Laurie Fishlock, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
- Jun 27 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
- Jun 27 George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player, dies at 81