Events in Sport
- Mar 13 Baseball approves official ball (with cork & balata)
Sports History
Mar 19 In their third match, Jake LaMotta finally defeats Jimmy Reeves by knocking him out in the sixth round
- Mar 30 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Wyoming beats Georgetown, 46-34; Cowboys' point guard Ken Sailors is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 1 Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast (6 x Olympic gold 1968, 72; 7 x World C'ships gold 1966, 70), born in Nagoya, Japan
- Mar 1 Benjamin W Jipcho, Mt Elgon Kenya, 3K steeplechase (Olympic silver 1972)
- Mar 1 José Ángel Iribar, Spanish soccer goalkeeper and manager (49 caps; Athletic Bilbao), born in Zarautz, Spain
- Mar 1 Mauro Checcoli, Italian 3 day equestrian (Olympic gold 1964)
- Mar 1 Wolfgang Scheidel, German DR, luge (Olympic gold 1972)
- Mar 2 Juan Carlos Masnik, Uruguayan soccer defender (26 caps; NY Skyliners, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Nacional, NY Cosmos), born in Soriano, Uruguay (d. 2021)
- Mar 5 Billy Backus, American boxer
- Mar 7 Billy MacMillan, Canadian NHL hockey right wing, 1970-77 (Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlanta Flames, NY Islanders), and coach, 1980-84 (Colorado Rockies/New Jersey Devils), born in Charlottetown, Canada (d. 2023)
- Mar 7 Rick Redman, American College Football HOF linebacker (University of Washington; AFL All-Star 1967; San Diego Chargers), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2022)
Bobby Fischer (1943-2008)
Mar 9 American chess player (world champion 1972-75), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mar 10 Sandra Palmer, American golfer (Titleholders Championship 1972, US Open 1975), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Mar 19 Vern Schuppan, Australian racing driver
- Mar 21 Antal Dunai, Hungarian soccer player (Olympic gold 1968)
- Mar 23 Gail Goodrich, NBA star (Lakers, Suns)
- Mar 23 Lee May "The Big Bopper", American Major League Baseball 1st baseman, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2017)
- Mar 24 Marika Kilius, German FR, ice skating pair (Olympic silver 1960, 64)
- Mar 25 Pavel Lednev, Russian pentathlete (Olympic gold 1980)
- Mar 27 Mike Curtis, American NFL linebacker (Super Bowl 1971; Pro Bowl 1968, 70, 71, 74; First-team All-Pro 1968, 69; Baltimore Colts), born in Rockville, Maryland (d. 2020)
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 3 George Thompson, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, 2 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC, Auckland CA), dies at 65
- Mar 3 George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
- Mar 9 Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner and anti-fascist, murdered in the gas chamber of Auschwitz extermination camp at 35
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