Events in Sport
- Mar 7 Montreal Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home
Event of Interest
Mar 7 Ray Steele beats B Nagurski in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
Bronko Nagurski
- Mar 30 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas, 60-42; Hoosiers' forward Marvin Huffman is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
Birthdays in Sport
Willie Stargell
Mar 6 Willie Stargell, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder/1st baseman (7-time All Star), born in Earlsboro, Oklahoma (d. 2001)
Willie Stargell
- Mar 8 Theo Laseroms [The Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
- Mar 10 Joe Bugel, American football coach (offensive line Washington Redskins 'Hogs', Super Bowl 1982, 87; Phoenix Cardinals, Oakland Raiders), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
- Mar 12 Albert Johanneson, soccer star
- Mar 23 Brian Hastings, cricketer (NZ batsman in 70's)
- Mar 26 Braulio Baeza, jockey (National Horse Racing Hall of Famer)
- Mar 28 Michael Plumb, American equestrian (Olympic 2 gold/4 silver-1976,84), born in Islip, New York
- Mar 28 Kevin Loughery, American NBA star and coach (Balt, Philadelphia), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jerry Lucas
Mar 30 Jerry Lucas, NBA center (Olympic gold 1960, NY Knicks), born in Middletown, Ohio
Jerry Lucas
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 2 Matt Kilroy, American baseball pitcher (MLB single-season record 513 strikeouts 1886; MLB no-hitter 1886; Baltimore Orioles), dies at 73
- Mar 15 Alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies
- Mar 26 Spyridon Louis, Greek distance runner (winner first modern Olympics marathon 1896), dies at 67
- Mar 29 Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(b. 1916)