Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Mar 9 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League, he refuses
Ted Williams
- Mar 21 Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
- Mar 23 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NC 43-40
- Mar 29 1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ
- Mar 29 Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon
- Mar 30 Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
- Mar 30 Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 & 3-19)
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 3 John Virgo, British snooker player
- Mar 5 Rocky Bleier, Wisc, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Mar 8 Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (14 Tests 1969-83)
- Mar 10 Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
- Mar 14 Wes Unseld, NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, MVP 1969)
- Mar 15 Bobby Bond, baseball player (Giants, Yankees, etc)
- Mar 15 Bobby Bonds, American MLB outfielder and coach (father of Barry Bonds), born in Riverside, California (died 2003)
- Mar 18 Martyn Griffiths, British racing driver
- Mar 18 Michel Leclère, French racing driver
- Mar 19 Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69)
- Mar 22 Don Chaney, NBA player (Houston Rockets)/coach (Detroit Pistons)
- Mar 25 Cliff Balsam, English footballer
- Mar 27 Bill Sudakis, American baseball player, born in Joliet, Illinois
- Mar 31 Aftab Gul, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in six Tests 1969-71)
- Mar 31 Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)