March 1947 in Sport

Events in Sport

  • Mar 21 Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch
  • Mar 25 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47
  • Mar 25 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v NZ, Christchurch)
  • Mar 29 101st Grand National: Eddie Dempsey aboard Caughoo wins

Birthdays in Sport

  • Mar 2 Harry Redknapp, English football manager
  • Mar 3 Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
  • Mar 5 Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
  • Mar 6 Dick Fosbury, American high jumper (Olympic gold 1968, "Fosbury Flop"), born in Portland, Oregon
  • Mar 7 Walter Röhrl, German race and rally car driver
  • Mar 13 Tomas Hinojosa, jockey
  • Mar 15 David Colley, cricketer (NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972)
  • Mar 15 Tomas Pettersson, Swedish cyclist (Olympic silver 1968)
  • Mar 18 David Lloyd, cricketer (England opener, 214 v India 1974)
  • Mar 19 Earlie Fires, jockey (Hialeah Park)
  • Mar 19 Vince Martino, WLAF offensive asst (Barcelona Dragons), born in Schenectady, New York
  • Mar 19 Marinho Peres, Brazilian football player
  • Mar 27 Dough Wilkerson, American football player, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Deaths in Sport

  • Mar 9 Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies
  • Mar 27 Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for South Africa in 1902-03), dies