Ernest May

Who was Ernest May?

Ernest Edmund Bedford May was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Edale, Derbyshire and died in Ellingham, Northumberland.

In 1908 he participated in the discus throw competition, in the Greek discus throw event, in the freestyle javelin throw competition, in the javelin throw event, and in the hammer throw competition but in all these competitions his final ranking is unknown.

Extract from the diary of EEB May:

EEB May was an Anglican clergyman and Minor Canon of Christ Church Oxford and later of Durham Cathedral. His son, EWL May, was born in the same year as the Games and related that his father had told him: "The Americans said that they had never seen anyone throw the hammer so far with such bad technique!"