Events in Sport
Event of Interest
May 7 Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League

Branch Rickey
- May 9 New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier
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 cricketer (attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81), born in Junagadh, Gujarat, British 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 18 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, cricketer (brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79)
- May 29 Martin Pipe, English racehorse trainer (15-time Champion Hunt Trainer), born in Taunton, Somerset