Events in Sports History in March 1967

  • Mar 1 MLB Commissioner William Eckert approves the Baseball Writers Association of America's plan to name a Cy Young Award recipient from both the National and American Leagues
  • Mar 3 White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
  • Mar 4 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
  • Mar 4 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT)

Peggy Fleming World Champion

Mar 4 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (US)

Boxing History

Mar 6 Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted

  • Mar 8 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)
  • Mar 11 14th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Duke, 82-73
  • Mar 12 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
  • Mar 14 1967 NFL Draft: Michigan State defensive end Bubba Smith first pick by Baltimore Colts
  • Mar 22 Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title

Sports History

Mar 25 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton, 79-64; Bruins center Lew Alcindor (later named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) tournament MOP