Events in Sport
Baseball Record
May 4 Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
Lou Gehrig
Golf Major
May 10 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
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 24 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
- May 27 2nd Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7-5 at Moortown, England
- 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 leg spin bowler (43 Tests), 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 player and manager (including Seattle 1986-87), 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 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 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)
Deaths in Sport
- May 21 V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies