Events in Sport
Event of Interest
May 17 First Tim Horton's coffee and donut shop opens in Hamilton, Ontario by NHL player Tim Horton
Tim Horton
Event of Interest
May 24 Longest HR (471') in Balt Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota)
Harmon Killebrew
Event of Interest
May 30 Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt wins in 3:23:35.813 (237.137 km/h)
A. J. Foyt
- May 30 63rd Men's French Championships: Manuel Santana beats Nicola Pietrangeli (6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5)
French Open Women's Tennis
May 30 French Championships Women's Tennis: Margaret Court of Australia wins her second French singles crown; beats Maria Bueno of Brazil 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
Maria Bueno
- May 31 SF Giants beat NY Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hrs 32 mins)
Birthdays in Sport
- May 1 Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater (Olympic gold 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m 1988), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
Ron Hextall
May 3 Ron Hextall, Canadian NHL goalie (Philadelphia Flyers, 1986-92, 94-99; NY Islanders), Vezina & Conn Smyth winner (1987), scored 2 goals, born in Brandon, Manitoba
Ron Hextall
- May 4 Goran Prpić, Croatian tennis star, born in Zagreb, Croatia
- May 5 Heike Henkel, German world record indoor high jumper (Olympic gold 1992), born in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
- May 6 Kim Oden, US Olympic volleyball player (NCAA Play of Decade-80s), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- May 6 Mike McGruder, American NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- May 7 Leslie O'Neal, NFL defensive end and 6x Pro-Bowl selection (San Diego Chargers, St Louis Rams), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
- May 7 Ronnie Harmon, NFL running back (San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Oilers), born in Queens, New York
Miloslav Mecir
May 9 Miloslav Mecir, Czech tennis player (Olympic gold 1988), born in Bojnice, Czechoslovakia
Miloslav Mecir
- May 11 Bobby Witt, pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Arlington, Virginia
- May 11 Floyd Youmans, baseball pitcher (Expos)
- May 11 Jeff Sellers, baseball pitcher (Red Sox)
- May 11 John Parrott, snooker player
- May 12 Joy Ellen Kitzmiller, US badminton player (Olympic-92), born in Los Angeles, California
- May 12 José Casanova, Peruvian soccer midfielder (10 caps; Alianza Lima), born in Lima, Peru (d. 1987)
- May 13 Sara Gomer, England, tennis star
- May 14 Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster
- May 15 Pierre Trentin, French 1K time trials (Olympic gold 1968)
- May 16 John Salley, NBA star (Detroit Pistons)
- May 17 Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999)
- May 18 Will Wolford, NFL tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers)
- May 20 Jeff Schwarz, American baseball pitcher (California Angels, Chicago White Sox)
- May 21 Tommy Albelin, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- May 21 Danny Bailey, English footballer
- May 23 Kenny Gattison, NBA forward (Orlando Magic)
- May 24 Adrian Moorhouse, British 100m breaststroker (Olympic gold 1988), born in Bradford, England
- May 24 Elizabeth McColgan, British running star (world record 5 km indoor), born in Dundee, Scotland
- May 24 Pat Verbeek, NHL forward (Team Canada, NY Rangers), born in Sarnia, Ontario
- May 25 David Shaw, Canadian NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
- May 26 Kevin Kennedy, baseball manager (Texas Rangers)
- May 28 Armon Gilliam, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, NJ Nets)
- May 28 Beth Herr, tennis star, born in Middletown, Ohio
- May 28 Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer
- May 30 Nhi Lan Le, Vietnam, US fencer-foil (Olympics 1996)
- May 30 Andrea Montermini, Italian racing driver
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
May 5 Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella (41) weds long-time friend Roxie Joynes
Roy Campanella