Events in Sports History in March 1980

Sports History

Mar 4 40th hat trick in NHL New York Islander franchise history, scored by Mike Bossy

Sports History

Mar 8 Greg Chappell 235 & Yallop 172, for 217 stand at Faisalabad

Mar 12 NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin

World Record

Mar 13 American speed skater Eric Heiden sets world record 1000m (1:13.60)

Mar 14 Ice Dance Championship at Dortmund West Germany won by Regoczy & Sallay
Mar 14 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers)
Mar 15 England beats Scotland, 30-18 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh to claim it's 18th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, 8th Grand Slam and 15th Triple Crown

Sports History

Mar 23 18-year old American tennis star Tracy Austin wins her only WTA Tour Championship; upsets Martina Navratilova in the final 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 in NYC

Cricket History

Mar 23 Australian cricketer Allan Border becomes the first and only batsman to reach 150 in each innings of a test, in the 3rd test vs Pakistan in Lahore

PGA Players Championship

Mar 23 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass Country Club (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida): Lee Trevino wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Ben Crenshaw

Mar 24 42nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Louisville beats UCLA, 59-54; Cardinals' first title in first title game
Mar 29 134th Grand National: American amateur rider Charlie Fenwick wins aboard 40/1 outsider Ben Nevis; only 4 from 30 starters finish race

Boxing Title Fight

Mar 31 Almost concurrent heavyweight boxing championship fights: Larry Holmes TKOs Leroy Jones in 8 for WBC title in Las Vegas, NV whilst Mike Weaver KOs John Tate in 15 for WBA belt in Knoxville, TN