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 North Carolina, 43-40; Cowboys' back-to-back titles and center Bob Kurland MOP for 2nd straight year
- 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 1 Jan Kodeš, Czech tennis player (French Open 1970-71, Wimbledon 1973), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Mar 1 Elvin Bethea, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (8 × Pro Bowl; 5 × All-Pro; Houston Oilers), born in Trenton, New Jersey
- Mar 3 John Virgo, British snooker player
- Mar 5 Rocky Bleier, Wisc, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Mar 8 Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (14 Tests, best 7/99 1969), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Mar 10 Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
- Mar 14 Wes Unseld, American Basketball Hall of Fame center and coach (NBA C'ship, Finals MVP 1978; NBA MVP 1969; 5 x NBA All-Star; Washington Bullets), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2020)
- 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 (d. 2003)
- 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 22 José Luiz Carbone, Brazilian soccer midfielder (6 caps; São Paulo, Internacional, Botafogo) and coach (Fluminense, Guarani), born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2020)
- Mar 25 Cliff Balsam, English footballer
- Mar 27 Bill Sudakis, American baseball player, born in Joliet, Illinois
- Mar 31 Aftab Gul, Pakistani cricket batsman (6 Tests @ 22.75), born in Gujar Khan, Punjab
