May 1978 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Baseball Record

May 5 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits

May 6 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed - first and only Derby victory and 1st-leg of Triple Crown
May 10 22nd European Cup: Liverpool beats Club Brugge 1-0 at London
May 17 Los Angeles Dodgers Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run
May 20 103rd Preakness: Steve Cauthen wins aboard Affirmed for the 2nd-leg of the Triple Crown
May 23 AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M

Sports History

May 25 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: 3-peat for Montreal Canadiens; beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 as Mario Tremblay scores twice; 4-2 series victory

Ice Hockey Coach and Commentator Don Cherry

May 28 Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Snr in a Lola dominates second half of race to hold off Tom Sneva for his third Indy victory

Birthdays in Sport

May 3 Lawrence Tynes, Scottish-American football player, born in Greenock, Scotland
May 4 Brett Burton, Australian Football Player for the Adelaid Crows, born in Whyalla, Australia
May 5 Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer, born in Suresnes, France
May 6 John Abraham, American football player, born in Timmonsville, South Carolina
May 7 Shawn Marion, American basketball player
May 8 Cindy Parlow, American soccer forward (Olympics 1996), born in Memphis, Tennessee
May 8 Sandra Kleinova, Czech tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-FIN), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
May 8 Lúcio [Lucimar Ferreira da Silva], Brazilian footballer (Inter Milan), born in Planaltina, Brazil
May 9 Leandro Damián Cufré, Argentine footballer
May 9 Aaron Harang, American baseball player
May 12 Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter and politician, born in Ardabil, Iran

May 12 Josh Phelps, American baseball player, born in Anchorage, Alaska
May 13 Mike Bibby, American basketball player and coach, born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
May 13 Barry Zito, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
May 14 Heather Brink, gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
May 14 André Macanga, Angolan footballer
May 14 Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
May 14 Eddie House, American basketball player
May 14 Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
May 15 Amy Chow, American gymnast (Olympics-gold/silver, 1996), born in San Jose, California
May 15 Edu, Brazilian footballer
May 15 Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer
May 16 Vincent Larusso, American actor (Mighty Ducks; D2; D3), born in Livingston, New Jersey
May 16 Lionel Scaloni, Argentine soccer wing-back (7 caps; Deportivo La Coruña, Lazio) and manager (Argentina; Copa América 2021), born in Rosario, Argentina
May 17 Paddy Kenny, Irish goalkeeper
May 17 Carlos Peña, Dominican MLB baseball infielder, 2001-14 (Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and 6 other teams), and broadcaster, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
May 18 Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (Chelsea, Real Madrid), born in Amarante, Portugal
May 18 Marcus Giles, American baseball player, born in San Diego, California
May 19 Marcus Bent, English footballer
May 21 Jamaal Magloire, Canadian professional basketballer
May 23 Mike González, American baseball player, born in Corpus Christi, Texas
May 23 Carolyn Moos, American model and professional basketball player
May 24 Jade Winter, Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996)
May 24 Brad Penny, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Blackwell, Oklahoma
May 24 Johan Holmqvist, Swedish hockey player, born in Tolfta, Sweden
May 25 Brian Urlacher, American football player (Chicago Bears), born in Pasco, Washington
May 27 Adin Brown, American soccer player
May 29 Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player (Davis Cup 2001; world #4 2002), born in Marseille, France

Weddings in Sport

Jerry West

May 28 NBA legend Jerry West (40) weds cheerleader Karen Bua

Deaths in Sport

May 5 Alfred (Harold] Gilligan, English cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies at 81
May 6 Ethelda Bleibtrey, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m, 300m, 4x100m freestyle relay 1920; first US female champion), dies at 76
May 13 Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; Canterbury, Otago), dies at 68
May 19 George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies
May 29 Carl Reynolds, American baseball outfielder (2nd player in MLB history to hit home runs in 3 consecutive innings 1930; Chicago White Sox), dies at 75
May 31 József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (b. 1925)