- Mar 1 Alevtina Kolchina, Russian cross-country skier (Olympic gold 3×5km relay 1964, silver 1956, bronze 1968; bronze 5k 1964, 68), dies at 91
- Mar 2 Robert Cohen, French boxer (NYSAC, NBA, The Ring bantamweight titles 1954-56), dies at 91
- Mar 3 Dean Woods, Australian track cyclist (Olympic gold team pursuit 1984; silver individual pursuit 1988; bronze team pursuit 1988, 96), dies from cancer at 55
- Mar 3 Frank Connor, Scottish soccer manager (Cowdenbeath FC, Berwick Rangers FC, Celtic FC, Raith Rovers FC), dies at 86
- Mar 4 Maryan Wisniewski, French soccer striker (33 caps; Lens, Sampdoria, Saint-Étienne, Sochaux, Grenoble), dies at 85
- Mar 4 Rod Marsh, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (96 Tests, 355 dismissals, 3 x 100; coach Australian & England Academies) and broadcaster (9 Network), dies following heart attack at 74
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Mar 4 Australian cricket spin bowler and broadcaster (145 Tests, 708 wickets, BB 8/71; 194 ODIs; Victoria CA, Hampshire CCC), dies from a heart attack at 52
- Mar 7 Berkrerk Chartvanchai, Thai boxer (WBA flyweight title 1970), dies at 77
- Mar 8 Gordon Lee, English soccer manager (Port Vale, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, Everton, Preston NE, KR Reykjavik), dies at 87
- Mar 8 Johnny Grier, American football official (1981-2004; first African-American referee in NFL history 1988), dies at 74
- Mar 9 Justice Christopher, Nigerian soccer midfielder (11 caps; Antwerp FC, Trelleborg FF, Herfølge Boldklub), dies at 40
- Mar 10 Jürgen Grabowski, German soccer midfielder/forward (44 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt 441 games), dies from kidney disease at 77
- Mar 10 Odalis Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 2002; Atlanta Braves, LA Dodgers, KC Royals), dies after a fall at 44
- Mar 15 David Stephenson, English rugby league outside back (10 caps Great Britain; Wigan RLFC, Salford RLFC), dies at 63
- Mar 15 Lu Liang-Huan, Taiwanese golfer (British Open 1971 runner-up), dies at 85
- Mar 16 Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer (1st Japanese rider to win GP race 1961) and auto racer (4 x All-Japan Sports Prototype C'ship), dies at 82
- Mar 16 Ralph Terry, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1962, 62²; World Series 1961, 62 [MVP]; NY Yankees, KC Athletics, Cleveland Indians, NY Mets), dies at 86
- Mar 16 Slobodan Škrbić, Serbian soccer defender (4 caps Yugoslavia; Red Star Belgrade, Lille), dies at 77
- Mar 17 Alan Rees, Welsh rugby union fly-half (3 Tests; Maesteg RFC), rugby league five eighth (Leeds RLFC) and cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan CCC), dies at 84
- Mar 18 Alfons Dirnberger, Austrian soccer midfielder (3 caps; FC Austria Wien), dies at 80
- Mar 19 Dave Sims, English rugby union lock (3 Tests; Gloucester RFC; Barbarians RFC 1995, 96, 99), dies at 52
- Mar 19 Federico Martín Aramburú, Argentine rugby union winger (22 Tests; 11 competitions Argentina Sevens; Biarritz Olympique, Perpignan, Glasgow Warriors), dies in a drive-by shooting at 42
- Mar 19 Tom Young, American basketball coach (American Uni, Rutgers Uni, Catholic Uni, Old Dominion Uni), dies at 89
- Mar 21 Fevzi Zemzem, Turkish soccer striker (18 caps; AS Göztepe 356 games) and manager (Orduspor), dies at 80
- Mar 21 Nikolai Osyanin, Russian soccer striker (3 caps; PFC Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, FC Spartak Moscow), dies at 80
- Mar 23 Jimmy Lindley, English jockey (2,000 Guineas 1963, 66; St Leger 1964) and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 86
- Mar 26 Joe Williams, American men's college basketball coach (Jacksonville Uni 1964-70; Furman Uni 1970-78; Florida State Uni 1978-86), dies at 88
- Mar 27 Alexandra Zabelina, Russian fencer (Olympic gold USSR women's team foil 1960, 68, 72), dies at 85
- Mar 27 Titus Buberník, Czech soccer midfielder (23 caps Czechoslovakia; ČH Bratislava, LASK Linz), dies at 88
- Mar 28 Naci Erdem, Turkish soccer centre-back (31 caps; Fenerbahçe), dies at 91
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