March 1957 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Golf Tournament

Mar 16 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Patty Berg wins her 7th Titleholders title by 3 strokes from amateur Anne Quast

Mar 16 Toronto Maple Leafs tie NHL record 37 points beating NY Rangers 14-1
Mar 19 Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score

Sports History

Mar 23 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Kansas, 54-53 (3 OT); Wilt Chamberlain of Kansas 4th player to be named tournament MOP despite not playing for the championship team

Mar 25 NBA modifies the free-throw rule
Mar 28 1st National Curling Championship held
Mar 30 111th Grand National: Fred Winter aboard 20/1 bet Sundew wins by 8 lengths from Wyndburgh

Birthdays in Sport

Mar 1 Johnny Ray, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1988; Silver Slugger Award 1983; Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels), born in Chouteau, Oklahoma
Mar 4 Rick Mast, American NASCAR driver
Mar 8 Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
Mar 8 Ruth Wysocki, American 800m/1500m runner, born in Alhambra, California
Mar 9 Jon Engen, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in Oslo, Norway
Mar 10 Adolfo Horta, Cuban Heavey weight boxer (Olympic silver 1980), born in Camaguey, Cuba
Mar 11 Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Leningrad, Soviet Union, Chess Grandmaster, (d. 2012)
Mar 13 Steve Lake, American baseball player, born in Inglewood, California
Mar 15 Víctor Muñoz, Spanish footballer, 1976-91 (Real Zaragoza; Barcelona; and 2 other teams), and manager, 1996-2014 (11 teams), born in Zaragoza, Spain
Mar 17 Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer
Mar 23 Robbie James, Welsh soccer midfielder (46 caps; Queens Park Rangers, Swansea City, Bradford City), born in Gorseinon, Wales (d. 1998)
Mar 23 Sheila Rena Ingram, 4X400m relayer (Olympic silver 1976), born in Washington, D.C.
Mar 28 Harvey Glance, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1976; World C'ship gold 4x100m relay 1987), born in Phenix City, Alabama (d. 2023)