Events in Sport
- Mar 1 Major League Baseball owners decide not to allow players in the military to play for their clubs when on furlough
Event of Interest
Mar 18 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out
Jackie Robinson
- Mar 19 Thoroughbred Racing Association of US formed in Chicago
- Mar 28 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth, 53-38; Cardinal forward Howie Dallmar is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 7 U N Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68)
- Mar 8 Ann Packer, Moulsford, Oxfordshire, British 400m/800m runner (Olympic gold 1964)
- Mar 8 Richard "Dick" Allen, American baseball player (AL MVP 1972), born in Wampum, Pennsylvania
- Mar 9 Bert Campaneris, Cuban-American baseball player (Oakland A's), born in Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba
- Mar 12 Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player, 1963-1977
- Mar 16 Roger Crozier, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1996)
- Mar 18 Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (d. 1991)