Gary May

Gary Lee May


Born:
March 10, 1933
Elmira, NY

Died:
September 7, 1996
Elmira Heights, NY


Career
1947-48 Edison High School - Elmira Heights, NY (High School) JV
1948-49 Edison High School - Elmira Heights, NY (High School)
1949-50 Edison High School - Elmira Heights, NY (High School)
1950-51 Edison High School - Elmira Heights, NY (High School)
1952-53 Area All-Stars - Elmira (Independent)
1952-53 Elmira Colonels (ABL)

May was a three-sport star at Edison, playing baseball, football and basketball. He signed a minor league contract to play baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers, but when his father died, he returned home to ran the family business, May's Dairy. He played basketball for Elmira Colonels in one game, December 20, 1952, failing to score a point. He continued to work hard and run the business until his death from lung cancer in 1996.

He married Rosemarie Bahantka in 1953 and they had three daughters and two sons. Sadly, both of his sons died shortly after birth.

Source:
Star-Gazette (Elmira), September 9, 1996

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