Events in Sport
- Mar 4 8th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Wake Forest beats Duke, 96-81
Sports History
Mar 9 Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 67 points in 135-126 win over NY Knicks at Philadelphia Civic Center
- Mar 11 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each)
Boxing Title Fight
Mar 13 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
- Mar 14 Former New York Yankees general manager George Weiss becomes first President of New York Mets after MLB expansion franchise formed
- Mar 21 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record sum ($3,925,000)
- Mar 24 NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows
Sports History
Mar 25 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State, 70-65 (OT); Buckeyes' future Hall of Fame forward Jerry Lucas is MOP for 2nd straight year
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 1 Mike Rozier, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1983, Nebraska; Pro Bowl 1987, 88, Houston Oilers), born in Camden, New Jersey
- Mar 3 Perry McCarthy, English racing driver, born in Stepney, London
- Mar 4 David "Tinker" Juarez, American BMX and cross-country mountain bike racer, born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 4 Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, American boxer (WBA lightweight champion), born in Youngstown, Ohio
- Mar 4 Sabine Everts, former German track athlete
- Mar 5 Zeke Mowatt, NFL tight end (NY Giants)
- Mar 8 Larry Murphy, Scarborough, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
- Mar 9 Mike Leach, American college football coach (Washington State University), born in Susanville, California
- Mar 10 Jesse Sapolu, NFL guard (SF 49ers)
- Mar 10 Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast (Olympics 1984), actor (American Anthem), born in Van Nuys, California
- Mar 10 Bobby Petrino, American football coach
- Mar 10 Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
- Mar 13 Cor Lems, Dutch soccer player (ADO The Hague/Dordrecht '90), born in Rotterdam, Netherlansds
- Mar 14 Greg Anderson, American NHRA driver
- Mar 15 Craig Ludwig, Rhinelander, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
- Mar 15 Terry Cummings, NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers)
- Mar 16 Mel Gray, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
- Mar 18 Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star
- Mar 18 Kevan James, English cricket all-rounder (4 wickets/4 balls + 103 Hampshire v India 1996), born in Lambeth, England
- Mar 19 Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian
- Mar 20 Kathy Baker-Guadagnino, American golfer (US Open 1985), born in Albany, New York
- Mar 20 Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer, born in Faxe, Denmark
- Mar 21 Wei Wang, US table tennis player (Olympics 1996), born in Beijing, China
- Mar 21 Lothar Matthäus, German footballer
- Mar 24 Dean Jones, Australian cricket batsman and broadcaster (52 Tests @ 46.55; 164 ODIs; Victoria), born in Coburg, Australia (d. 2020)
- Mar 24 Jim Gallagher Jr, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1992 runner-up), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Mar 25 Mark Brooks, American golfer (PGA Championship 1996), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Mar 27 Ellery Hanley, British rugby league player, born in Leeds
- Mar 27 Tony Rominger, Swiss road racing cyclist, born in Vejle, Denmark
- Mar 28 Byron Scott, American NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies), born in Ogden, Utah
- Mar 29 Mike Kingery, American baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in St. James, Minnesota
- Mar 29 Gary Brabham, Australian auto racer, (British Formula 3000 C'ship 1989), born in London, England
- Mar 30 Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
- Mar 31 Ron Brown, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m 1984), born in Los Angeles, California
