March 2017 in Sports History

Events in Sport

  • Mar 11 England retains the Six Nations Rugby Championship with 61-21 win over Scotland at Twickenham; England's 11th consecutive Six Nations win and equals NZ's record of 18 consecutive international wins
  • Mar 14 World's oldest golf club Muirfield in Scotland, votes to admit women as members for 1st time in 273 years

Weddings in Sport

  • Mar 26 FIFA Women's World Cup champion Julie Beth Johnston (25) weds NFL player Zach Ertz (26) in Santa Barbara, California

Deaths in Sport

  • Mar 2 Simon Hobday, South African golfer (US Senior Open 1994), dies of cancer at 76

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Mar 3 French soccer attacking midfielder (45 caps; Angers, Reims, Real Madrid; Ballon d'Or 1958; 'the Napoleon of football'), dies at 85

  • Mar 10 John Surtees, British auto racer (World F1 C'ship 1964) and motorcycle racer (World C'ships: 350 cc – 1958, 59, 60; 500 cc – 1956, 58, 59, 60), dies of respiratory failure at 83
  • Mar 13 Ed Whitlock, British-Canadian runner, oldest person to run marathon under 4 hrs (at 85), dies at 86
  • Mar 15 Jackie Pung, American golfer (5 LPGA titles), dies at 95
  • Mar 19 Ken Still, American golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), dies of kidney failure at 82
  • Mar 19 Roger Pingeon, French cylist (Tour de France 1967 champion), dies at 76
  • Mar 22 Dallas Green, American baseball manager and pitcher (Phillies, Yankees), dies at 82
  • Mar 26 Brian Oldfield, American shot-putter (credited with making rotational technique popular), dies at 71
  • Mar 31 Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 81