Events in Sport
Golf Tournament
May 10 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open
Betsy Rawls
Baseball Record
May 13 NY Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 HRs & a triple
Willie Mays
Boxing Title Fight
May 15 Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in Chicago
Rocky Marciano
Jersey Joe
- May 16 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row
- May 17 Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open
- May 23 78th Preakness: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 1:57.8
- May 25 Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
- May 30 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Bill Vukovich wins in 3:53:01.668 (207.187 km/h)
Tennis Open
May 30 52nd Men's French Championships: Ken Rosewall beats Victor Elias Seixas (6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2)
Ken Rosewall
- May 30 52nd Women's French Championships: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2, 6-4)
Birthdays in Sport
- May 1 Elquemedo Willett, West Indies cricket spin bowler (5 Tests 1973-74), born in Charlestown, Nevis
- May 2 Jamaal Wilkes, American NBA forward (Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975), born in Berkeley, California
- May 6 Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer/manager
- May 9 Daniel Talbot, golfer (Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84), born in Montreal, Quebec
- May 9 Ron Jackson, baseball player
- May 10 Barbara Moxness, LPGA golfer
George Brett
May 15 George Brett, American baseball third baseman (KC Royals, 1980 AL MVP), born in Glen Dale, West Virginia
George Brett
- May 16 Rick Rhoden, pitcher (NY Yankees)
- May 19 Shavarsh Karapetyan, Soviet Armenian finswimmer
- May 22 Cha Bum-Kun, Korean footballer
- May 25 Donald Albert Weibring Jr, Quincy IL, PGA golfer (1979 Quad Cities)
- May 25 Daniel Passarella, Argentine footballer
- May 29 Ranji Nanan, cricketer (Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test v Pakistan 1981)