Hall of Honor
Eddie May, of the Class of 1942, was one of Beloit College’s finest athletes in the era of World War II. A Mississippian by birth, Eddie May was a Beloiter in rearing and education. Skilled in sports, Eddie’s successes at Beloit High School, where he won membership on the all-star Big Eight basketball and football teams and played as all-state guard on the championship team in 1937, were continued at Beloit College. He was awarded three sets of numerals at the end of his first collegiate year of competition – in basketball, football and track. In succeeding years Eddie May received letters annually in the aforementioned sports. In 1939, Beloit College defeated the University of Chicago in football, and it was the single touchdown by May the brought Beloit the victory. Co-captain of the basketball team in 1941-1942, Eddie May was both and inspiration to his teammates, and an idol of Beloit school children and athletes. He had joined the ranks of Beloit’s immortal athletes before his death in France on May 26, 1945 in service as Second Lieutenant with the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
