Events in Sport
- Mar 5 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there
Event of Interest
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"
Muhammad Ali
Elijah Muhammad
- 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
- Mar 21 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball 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 22 LPGA Western Open Golf, Scenic Hills CC: Carol Mann her 1st of 2 major titles by 2 shots from Ruth Jessen and Judy Kimball
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 1 Paul Le Guen, French football manager
- Mar 3 Atif Rauf, cricketer (Pakistani Test batsman v New Zealand 1994)
- Mar 3 Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
- Mar 4 Emilia Eberle, Romania, gymnast (Olympic silver 1980)
- Mar 4 Linda French, badminton player (Olympics 1996), born in Oak Park, Illinois
- Mar 4 Tom Lampkin, catcher (SF Giants), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Mar 5 Reggie Williams, NBA forward/guard (Denver Nuggets)
- Mar 7 Amy Baltus, Bloomington IND, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1992)
- Mar 7 Jeff Criswell, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs)
- 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, cricketer (Aussie pace-bowler 1989-90)
- 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 Donald Evans, NFL defensive end/tackle (NY Jets)
- Mar 14 Richard Migliore, jockey
- Mar 15 Alison Johnson, Tustin CA, WPVA volleyball player (US Open-4th-1993)
- Mar 15 Ron Hall, NFL tight end (Detroit Lions)
- Mar 15 Davide Pinato, Italian footballer
- Mar 16 Pascal Richard, Swiss cyclist
- Mar 17 Alex Shoumidoub, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Olympics 1998)
- Mar 17 Don Griffin, NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns)
- Mar 17 Ron Warren Jr, jockey (Bay Meadows)
- Mar 17 Lee Dixon, English footballer
- Mar 17 Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
Bonnie Blair
Mar 18 Bonnie Blair, American speed skater (Olympic 5 gold/bronze 1988, 92, 94), born in Champaign, Illinois
Bonnie Blair
- 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 international football star
- Mar 21 Jesper Skibby, Danish professional cyclist
- Mar 22 Jeffrey Wagner, Australian golfer, born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Mar 24 Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star
- Mar 25 Alex Solls, American jockey, born in Panama City, Panama
- Mar 25 Eric Woods, California, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Xerox BC Open)
- Mar 25 Ken Wregget, Brandon, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
- Mar 26 Ab Plugboer, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- Mar 26 Ulf Samuelsson, Fagersta SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, NY Rangers)
- Mar 26 Martin Donnelly, Irish racecar driver
- Mar 30 Corey Millen, Cloquet, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
- Mar 30 Dave Ellett, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Mar 30 Vlado Bozinovski, Australian former footballer
- Mar 31 Dave Wyman, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos)
- Mar 31 David Diaz-Infante, NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
- Mar 31 Rod Jones, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 18 Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (b. 1870)