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Steven May was born in Darwin into a family of indigenous descent.
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Aside from Australian Football, May is a keen supporter of Manchester City in the Premier League as well as the Brooklyn Nets in the National Basketball Association.
May began playing his junior football at Southern Districts Football Club who compete in the Northern Territory Football League. His performances for Southern Districts earned him a scholarship at the AIS in 2008. Later in 2008 he moved to Melbourne to complete his finals years of schooling at Melbourne Grammar, his highlights included an outing against Scotch College in which he kicked 9 goals.
Following his efforts at the National Championships the newly formed Gold Coast Football Club signed him as a priority zone selection.
May would finish the 2010 season for Melbourne Grammar in the Associated Public Schools of Victoria competition with 40 goals from eight games as well as the best and fairest award before relocating to the Gold Coast at the end of 2010. May made his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut against Essendon in round 6 of the 2011 season where he was used as a defender.
May finished the 2011 American Federation of Labor-Congress season with nine games and played in defence majority of the year. May was again used in defence for most of the 2012 American Federation of Labor-Congress season until round 21 against Hawthorn where he had his breakout game when moved forward.
He would kick three goals and take twelve marks in an impressive display up forward for the Suns.
In a 2014 match against the Sydney Swans, May played in defence on two-time Coleman Medallist Lance Franklin and played very well, limiting him to only three goals.
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