Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Mar 1 Baseballer Ted Williams breaks his collarbone In spring training
Ted Williams
- Mar 6 1st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Wake Forest, 82-80 (OT)
- Mar 7 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
- Mar 7 Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition
- Mar 13 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
- Mar 14 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
Golf Tournament
Mar 14 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
Louise Suggs
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 3 Keith Carlton Fergus, PGA golfer (1995 Honda Classic-8th), born in Temple, Texas
- Mar 4 Peter Jacobsen, American PGA golfer (1990 Bob Hope), born in Portland, Oregon
- Mar 4 Willie Thorne, English snooker player (1985 Classic), born in Leicester, England
- Mar 8 David Wilkie, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1976), is born in Colombo, Sri Lanka to Scottish parents
- Mar 8 Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic gold 1976)
- Mar 14 David La Croix, race horse trainer
- Mar 16 Dav Whatmore, cricketer (Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-)
- Mar 16 Hollis Stacy, American golfer (US Open 1977-78, 84), born in Savannah, Georgia
- Mar 19 Charles Pinnell, horse trainer
- Mar 20 Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings)
- Mar 21 Mary Jane Smith, Van Nuys Ca, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1993)
- Mar 23 Geno Auriemma, Italian-born American basketball coach (Connecticut Huskies), born in Montella, Italy
- Mar 25 Thom Loverro, American sportswriter