Events in Sports History in March 1981

Mar 1 Houston Rockets guard Calvin Murphy misses a free throw in a 102-86 loss in San Antonio, ending his NBA record consecutive free throw streak at 78

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Mar 3 NHL New York Islanders Mike Bossy 9th & final hat trick of season, in his 4th career 4-goal game, an 8-8 tie with visiting Edmonton Oilers

Mar 3 NY Islanders & Edmonton Oilers play to an 8-8 tie

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Mar 5 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain)

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Mar 5 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)

Mar 6 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Hartford won by Denise Biellmann
Mar 7 22nd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Ole Miss beats Georgia, 66-62
Mar 7 28th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Maryland, 61-60

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Mar 8 Dennis Lillee ct by Qld 12th man Dennis Lillie in Shield game

Mar 11 Johnny Mize and Rube Foster are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Mar 14 NCAA St Joseph's upsets top seed DePaul 49-48
Mar 17 FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms
Mar 18 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
Mar 19 Buffalo Sabres beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4
Mar 21 France beats England 16-12 at Twickenham, London for it's 7th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship and 3rd Grand Slam title

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Mar 23 PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Raymond Floyd beats Barry Jaeckel and Curtis Strange on the first hole of a sudden death playoff in a rain affected Monday finish

Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship Winner Ray Floyd

Mar 24 Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy

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Mar 28 Martina Navratilova beats 16-year-old American tennis prodigy Andrea Jaeger 6-3, 7-6 in the final of the WTA Tour Championships at Madison Square Garden, NYC

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Mar 28 Viv Richards scores century in the 1st Test at his home Antigua

Cricketer and Master Blaster Viv Richards

Mar 29 AIAW Women's Basketball Championship, Louisiana Tech beat Tennessee 79-59 in Eugene
Mar 29 Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m

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Mar 30 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats North Carolina, 63-50; Hoosiers' future Hall of Fame point guard Isiah Thomas is named Tournament Most Outstanding Player