Events in Sport
Sports History
May 7 Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League
- May 9 New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier
- May 18 MLB Detroit Tigers & Philadelphia A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain
- May 19 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Aust Services
- May 20 Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
- May 21 Australian Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
Birthdays in Sport
- May 2 Loyd Phillips, American College Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman (University of Arkansas; Chicago Bears), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2020)
- May 3 Sadiq Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman 41 Tests @ 35.81, 5 x 100; brother of Hanif & Mushtaq Mohammad), born in Junagadh, India
- May 14 Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer and president of Maccabi Haifa
- May 15 Jerry Quarry, American boxer (famous bouts v world champions Floyd Patterson, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton), born in Bakersfield, California (d. 1999)
- May 17 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79), born in Mysore, Karnataka
- May 29 Martin Pipe, English racehorse trainer (15-time Champion Hunt Trainer), born in Taunton, Somerset