May played for the Eastern Suburbs club, who are now known by the name of the Sydney Roosters, in the years 1940 and '41.

A five-eight, May was a member of East's premiership winning side that defeated Canterbury-Bankstown in the 1940 decider.

The following year he was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that was defeated by St George in the 1941 final.

[2][3][4] May enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) during World War II, and was killed in New Guinea.

This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1910s is a stub.