Events in Sport
- Mar 4 8th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Wake Forest beats Duke, 96-81
Event of Interest
Mar 9 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia Warriors scores 67 points vs NY Knicks
Wilt Chamberlain
- Mar 11 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each)
Golf Tournament
Mar 12 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
Mickey Wright
Boxing Title Fight
Mar 13 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
Floyd Patterson
- Mar 14 George Weiss becomes President of NY Mets
- Mar 21 Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
- Mar 24 NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows
- Mar 25 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT)
- Mar 25 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes
- Mar 25 115th Grand National: Bobby Beasley aboard Nicolaus Silver wins
Golf Tournament
Mar 26 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival
Louise Suggs
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 1 Mike Rozier, NFL halfback (Heisman Trophy-1983, Houston, Atlanta)
- Mar 3 Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
- Mar 4 David "Tinker" Juarez, American BMX and cross-country mountain bike racer, born in Los Angeles, California
- Mar 4 Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, boxer (killed a boxer in the ring)
- Mar 4 Roger Wessels, Port Elizabeth South Africa, golfer (1994 Canadian Masters)
- 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 10 Jesse Sapolu, NFL guard (SF 49ers)
- Mar 10 Mitch Gaylord, CA, gymnast (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem)
- 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 Kevan James, cricketer (all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls & ton v India 1996)
- Mar 18 Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star
- Mar 19 Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian equestrian
- Mar 20 Kathy Guadagnino, LPGA golfer (1985 US Women's Open), born in Albany, New York
- Mar 20 Jesper Olsen, Danish footballer
- Mar 21 Wei Wang, US table tennis player (Olympics 1996), born in Beijing, China
- Mar 21 Lothar Matthäus, German footballer
- Mar 24 Dean Jones, cricketer (dashing Australian batsman & fielder 1984-92)
- Mar 24 James T Gallagher Jr, PGA golfer (1990 Greater Milw), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Mar 25 Mark David Brooks, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open), 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 racing driver, born in Wimbledon, London
- Mar 30 Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
- Mar 31 Ron Brown, 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1984), born in Los Angeles, California
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 23 A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies