May 1958 in Sport

Events in Sport

May 13 Stan Musial is 8th to get 3,000 hits

May 17 83rd Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2
May 28 3rd European Cup: Real Madrid beats Milan 3-2 at Brussels
May 30 Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Bryan wins in 3:44:21.064 (215.316 km/h)
May 31 French Championships Men's Tennis: Mervyn Rose wins his first and only French title; beats Luis Ayala of Chile 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
May 31 57th Women's French Championships: Zsuzsi Kormoczy beats Shirley Bloomer (6-4, 1-6, 6-2)

May 2 Kim Jones, American road runner, born in Sonoma, California
May 8 Lovie Smith, American football coach
May 9 Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic gold 1980)
May 10 Jeannette Kohlhaas, LPGA golfer
May 10 Margaret Ward, LPGA golfer
May 11 Peter Antonie, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
May 11 Walt Terrell, baseball player
May 14 Christine Brennan, American sports columnist
May 18 Ray Donaldson, NFL center (Dallas Cowboys)
May 20 Mike Engleman, Sonoma California, cyclist (Olympics 1996)
May 21 Monte Lynch, cricketer (Surrey batsman, WI Rebel, England ODI player)
May 21 Sabine Bischoff, German fencer (Olympic gold 1984), born in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany (d. 2013)
May 29 Ivar Sisniega, Mexican pentathelete (Olympic-1980)
May 29 Sam Clancy, WLAF defensive assistant coach (Barcelona Dragons)
May 31 Angel Franco, Asuncion Paraguay, golfer (1993 Nike Dominion)
May 31 Gary George Hallberg, Berwyn IL, PGA golfer (1983 Andy Williams)