Athletes and Sports Stars Who Died in March 1999

Mar 6 Dennis Viollet, English soccer inside forward (2 caps; Manchester United 293 games, Stoke City), dies at 65

Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999)

Mar 8 American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (13 × MLB All-Star; 9 x World Series; 3 x AL MVP; MLB record 56-game hitting streak; NY Yankees), dies of lung cancer at 84

Mar 19 Joseph DePietro, American weightlifter (Olympic gold -56kg 1948), dies at 84
Mar 24 Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
Mar 25 Cal Ripken Sr, American baseball manager (Baltimore Orioles 1987-88; World Series 1983 [coach]), dies of lung cancer at 63