Athletes and Sports Stars Born in May 1929

Sonny Ramadhin (1929-2022)

May 1 West Indian cricket spin bowler (43 Tests, 158 wickets, BB 7/49), born in St. Charles Village, Trinidad

May 2 Graham Gedye, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests, 2 x 50; Auckland), born in Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2014)
May 7 Babe Parilli, American football player, born in Rochester, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
May 7 Dick Williams, American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1972, 73 Oakland A's) and utility (Brooklyn Dodgers), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2011)
May 12 Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Verdun, Quebec (d. 2015)
May 14 Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2007)
May 14 Vladimir Antoshin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1964)
May 15 Jack Flavell, cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
May 17 John Davies, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1952; WR 200m breaststroke 2:34.4 1952), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2020)
May 19 Curt Simmons, American baseball pitcher (3 x MLB All-Star; World Series 1964 St. Louis Cardinals; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
May 21 Paul Winslow, South African cricketer (big-hitter for South Africa, 108 v England 1955)
May 23 Vic Stasiuk, Canadian ice hockey left winger (Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins) and coach (Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks), born in Lethbridge, Alberta (d. 2023)
May 27 Bjarne Hansen, Norwegian soccer centre-back (3 caps; Vålerenga FC), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2023)
May 28 Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
May 30 Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (Scott Hamilton, Patrick Chan, Tiffany Chin), born in Washington, D.C.. (d. 2014)