- Mar 1 Carolyn Cudone, American golfer (US Senior Women's Amateur 1968-72; most consecutive wins in any USGA championship), dies at 90
- Mar 1 Ken Henry, American speed skater (Olympic gold 500m, 1952), dies at 80
- Mar 2 Chris Finnegan, British boxer (Olympic gold middleweight 1968), dies of pneumonia at 64
- Mar 4 George McAfee, American College-Pro Football HOF utility (Duke University; NFL C'ship 1940, 41, 46; First-team All-Pro & NFL All-Star 1941; Chicago Bears), dies at 90
- Mar 4 Harry Parkes, English soccer fullback (Aston Villa 320 games), dies at 89
- Mar 10 Denis Begbie, South African cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50), dies at 94
- Mar 17 Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, dies at 82
- Mar 21 Walt Poddubny, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
- Mar 22 Howard Komives, American NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves), dies at 67
- Mar 22 Leon Walker, Wakefield Wildcats Rugby Player (b. 1988)
- Mar 23 Raúl Macías, A famous Mexican boxer (b. 1934)
- Mar 24 George Kell, American Baseball HOF third baseman (10 x MLB All-Star; AL batting champion 1949; Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox), dies at 86
- Mar 25 Gábor Ocskay, Hungarian hockey player (b. 1975)
- Mar 25 Giovanni Parisi, Italian boxer (b. 1967)
- Mar 25 Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- Mar 25 Yukio Endo, Japanese gymnast (4 Olympic gold 1960, 64), dies of Esophageal cancer at 72
- Mar 30 Andrea Mead-Lawrence, American alpine skier (Olympic gold slalom, giant slalom 1952), dies of leiomyosarcoma at 76
- Mar 30 Herman Franks, American baseball manager (SF Giants 1965–68, Chicago Cubs 1977–79) and coach (World Series 1954 NY Giants), dies at 95
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