March 1975 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Mar 24 Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

Mar 26 Washington Capitals play record NHL 37th road game without a win & NHL record of 17 straight loses
Mar 28 NHL Washington Capitals win 1st game on road after 37 straight road loses
Mar 29 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
Mar 30 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital
Mar 31 37th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Kentucky, 92-85; 10th title under coach John Wooden who had announced his retirement 2 days earlier

Mar 2 Daryl Gibson, New Zealand rugby union centre (19 caps; Canterbury Crusaders) and coach (NSW Waratahs), born in Lumsden, New Zealand
Mar 4 Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player
Mar 4 Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player
Mar 4 Patrick Femerling, German-born professional basketball player
Mar 5 Chris Silverwood, cricketer (England Test pace bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)
Mar 5 Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
Mar 7 William Hampton, CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders)
Mar 8 Kenny Wheaton, cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
Mar 9 Adonal Foyle, Vincentian-American NBA center (SF Warriors), born in Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Mar 9 Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer, born in La Plata, Argentina
Mar 9 Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse), born in Wijchen, Netherlands
Mar 10 Stefan Bergkvist, Leksand Swe, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
Mar 11 Shawn Springs, American NFL cornerback, 1999-2008 (Seattle Seahawks and 2 other teams), born in Williamsburg, Virginia
Mar 13 Landon Wilson, American NHL right wing (Colorado Avalanche), born in St. Louis, Missouri
Mar 15 Cornell Brown, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
Mar 15 Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player

Mar 18 Brian Griese, American football player
Mar 18 Claude N'Goran, Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro
Mar 18 Kimmo Timonen, hockey defenseman (Team Finland Olympic bronze 1998)
Mar 18 Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
Mar 19 Antonio Daniels, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
Mar 21 Mark Williams, Welsh snooker player (World C'ship 2000, 03, 18; Triple Crown 2002-03), born in Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Wales
Mar 21 Vitaly Potapenko, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Mar 22 Jiri Novak, Czech tennis player, born in Zlin, Czechoslovakia
Mar 23 Alydar, American racehorse (d. 1990)
Mar 23 Rita Grande, Napoli Italy, tennis star (3rd round 1996 Aust Open)
Mar 24 Debbie Keller, soccer forward (Olympics 1996), born in Winfield, Illinois
Mar 24 Julia Bikbova, dance skater (with partner John Lee), born in Kyiv, Ukraine
Mar 24 Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player (Australian Open 2002), born in Linköping, Sweden
Mar 25 Miguel Mejia, San Pedro de Macoris, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
Mar 27 B. J. Gallis, CFL linebacker (BC Lions), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Mar 27 Tom Goegebuer, Belgian weightlifter, born in Belgium
Mar 28 Atta-ur-Rehman, Pakistani cricketer (quickie, debut v England, 1992 at age 17), born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Mar 28 Derek Hill, American racing driver, born in Santa Monica, California
Mar 28 Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer

Mar 6 Glen Hardin, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936 400m hurdles), dies at 64
Mar 21 Joe Medwick, American Baseball HOF left fielder (World Series 1934, Triple Crown & NL MVP 1937 St. Louis Cardinals; 10 x MLB All Star), dies at 63
Mar 22 Asa Smith Bushnell III, American sports executive (Secretary US Olympic Committee 1945-65), dies at 75
Mar 25 Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)