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
- 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
Birthdays in Sport
- 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
- 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 7 Amy Baltus, American WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1992), born in Bloomington, Indiana
- 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, 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 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, 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, 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
Deaths in Sport
- Mar 18 Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official and 4th President of the International Olympic Committee, dies at 93