May 1 Jack Adams, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Vancouver Millionaires, Toronto St. Patricks; Ottawa Senators) and coach / general manager (Detroit Red Wings), dies at 72 [1]
May 10 Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies
May 20 Albert Hartkopf, cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies
May 28 Corbett Davis, American football fullback (#1 overall pick NFL Draft 1938 Cleveland Rams), dies of a ruptured spleen in a boating accident at 53
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