March 1964 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Mar 6 Boxing legend Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to "Muhammad Ali", calling his former title a "slave name"

Mar 7 11th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 80-59
Mar 16 Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
Mar 21 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke, 98-83; Bruins first title in first title game; undefeated season (30-0)
Mar 21 118th Grand National: Willie Robinson aboard American-owned 12-year-old Team Spirit wins at odds of 18/1
Mar 21 Wales draws 11-11 with France in Cardiff, whilst Scotland beats England, 15-6 at Murrayfield to leave the Five Nations Rugby Championship shared by Wales and Scotland on 6 competition points
Mar 22 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Scenic Hills CC: Carol Mann her 1st of 2 major titles by 2 shots from Ruth Jessen and Judy Kimball

Mar 1 Paul Le Guen, French soccer midfielder (17 caps; PSG) and manager (Rennes, Lyon, Rangers, PSG, Le Havre), born in Pencran, France
Mar 2 Laird Hamilton, American big-wave surfer (co-inventor of tow-in surfing; heaviest wave ever ridden successfully, Teahupo'o 2000), born in San Francisco, California
Mar 3 Atif Rauf, cricketer (Pakistani Test batsman v New Zealand 1994)
Mar 3 Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist, born in Monterrey, Mexico
Mar 4 Emilia Eberle, Romanian gymnast (Olympic silver 1980)
Mar 4 Linda French, American badminton player (Olympics 1996), born in Oak Park, Illinois
Mar 4 Tom Lampkin, American catcher (SF Giants), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Mar 7 Jeff Criswell, American NFL tackle (KC Chiefs), born in Grinnell, Iowa
Mar 8 Lance McCullers, American baseball player
Mar 9 Phil Housley, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils, Team USA Olympics 1998), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Mar 10 Greg Campbell, Australian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 13 wickets; 12 ODIs), born in Launceston, Australia

Mar 11 Raimo Helminen, Tampere FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland, Olympic bronze 1998)
Mar 13 Will Clark, American MLB first baseman (San Francisco Giants), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mar 14 Richard Migliore, American jockey and commentator, born in Babylon, New York
Mar 15 Ron Hall, NFL tight end (Detroit Lions)
Mar 16 Pascal Richard, Swiss cyclist
Mar 17 Alex Shoumidoub, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Olympics 1998)
Mar 17 Don Griffin, American NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns), born in Pelham, Georgia
Mar 17 Ron Warren Jr, American jockey (Bay Meadows)
Mar 17 Lee Dixon, English footballer (Arsenal), born in Manchester, England
Mar 17 Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian football goalkeeper, born in Sackbayeme, Cameroon

Mar 18 Bonnie Blair, American speed skater (Olympic 5 gold/bronze 1988, 92, 94), born in Champaign, Illinois

Mar 18 Alex Caffi, Italian racecar driver
Mar 18 Paul Elliott, English footballer
Mar 20 Ruth Davidon, rower (Olympic 6th 1996), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Mar 21 Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi soccer striker (121 caps; 62 goals; Al-Rasheed; Asian Footballer of the Year 1988), born in Baghdad, Iraq (d. 2020)
Mar 21 Jesper Skibby, Danish professional cyclist
Mar 24 Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star
Mar 25 Alex Solls, American jockey, born in Panama City, Panama
Mar 25 Ken Wregget, Brandon, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
Mar 26 Ab Plugboer, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht) and manager, born in Edam, Netherlands
Mar 26 Ulf Samuelsson, Swedish American NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, NY Rangers), born in Fagersta, Sweden
Mar 26 Martin Donnelly, Irish racecar driver, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Mar 30 Corey Millen, Canadian NHL center (Calgary Flames), born in Cloquet
Mar 30 Dave Ellett, American NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Mar 30 Vlado Bozinovski, Australian former footballer
Mar 31 Dave Wyman, American NFL linebacker, broadcaster (Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos), born in San Diego, CA
Mar 31 David Diaz-Infante, American NFL guard, coach, broadcaster (2-time Super Bowl winner, Denver Broncos, born in San Jose, CA