Willie May, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American hurdler
Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1936
Place of Birth: Knoxville, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 28-Mar-2012
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Willie May
- Willie Lee May (November 11, 1936 – March 28, 2012) was an American hurdler.Born in Knoxville, Alabama, May attended Indiana University, where he won seven Big Ten championships in the hurdles between 1957 and 1959.
- He won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
- May ran 13.99 in that race and was beaten by Lee Calhoun, another American, who ran 13.98.
- After earning another silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games, May decided to begin his teaching and coaching career.Willie May burst onto the Illinois Track & Field scene in 1955, leading Blue Island High School, now Eisenhower High, to an Illinois State Championship while personally collecting three gold medals in the 120-yard high hurdles, 180-yard low hurdles and in 880-yard relay - See more at: http://evanstonnow.com/story/sports/bill-smith/2012-03-29/48718/olympic-medalist-and-former-eths-athletic-director-dies#sthash.HixRMJVj.dpuf May became the head coach of the track and field team at Evanston Township High School in 1975 and continued in that position through the 2006 season.
- He served as the athletic director at ETHS for 17 years, from 1983 to 2000.
- As a coach, May led the Wildkits to 24 consecutive Central Suburban League conference championships from 1976 to 1999, five IHSA state trophies, and one state championship (1979).
- Coach May has been inducted into the Indiana University Athletic Hall of Fame (2000), the Illinois Track & Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2007) and the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame (2010).
- He died at 75 years old of complications from amyloidosis.
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