Events in Sport
Baseball Record
May 4 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
Lou Gehrig
Event of Interest
May 8 NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates, 11-0
Carl Hubbell
- May 10 54th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6
British Golf Open
May 10 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Walter Hagen wins 4th Open title, by 6 strokes from fellow American Johnny Farrell
Walter Hagen
- May 18 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8
- May 18 Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 & lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)
- May 19 Cloudburst causes stampede in Yankee Stadium, crushes 2 people to death
- May 24 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Ray Keech wins in 5:07:25.458 (157.048 km/h)
Birthdays in Sport
- May 1 Sonny Ramadhin, West Indian cricket spin bowler (43 Tests, 158 wickets), born in St.Charles Village, Trinidad
- May 2 Graham Gedye, New Zealand cricketer (opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964), born in Otahuhu, Auckland (d. 2014)
- May 7 Dick Williams, American Baseball Hall of Fame utility (Brooklyn Dodgers) and manager (World Series 1972, 73; Oakland A's), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2011)
- May 7 Babe Parilli, American football player, born in Rochester, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
- May 12 Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player
- May 14 Vladimir Antoshin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1964)
- May 14 Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2007)
- May 15 Jack Flavell, cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
- May 17 John Davies, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1952; WR 200m breaststroke 2:34.4 1952), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2020)
- May 21 Paul Winslow, cricketer (big-hitter for South Africa, 108 v England 1955)
- May 28 Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
- May 30 Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (Scott Hamilton, Patrick Chan, Tiffany Chin), born in Washington, D.C.. (d. 2014)
Deaths in Sport
- May 21 V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies