Events in Sports History in March 1984

Mar 3 NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Tor Maple Leafs (6)

Election of Interest

Mar 3 Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)

Olympic Executive and Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth

Baseball Hall of Fame

Mar 4 Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame

Sports History

Mar 4 Tennis legend Martina Navratilova retains her WTA Tour Championship in NYC; beats Chris Evert 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 for her 5th overall Championship title

Mar 9 Philadelphia 76'ers block 20 Seattle shots tying NBA regulation game record
Mar 9 Tim Witherspoon beats Greg Page in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Mar 10 25th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Auburn, 51-49
Mar 10 5th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 82-71 (OT)
Mar 10 Heavyweight Tim Witherspoon KOs Greg Page
Mar 11 31st ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Maryland beats Duke, 74-62
Mar 13 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
Mar 13 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield
Mar 17 Scotland beats France, 21-12 at Murrayfield to win the Five Nations Rugby Championship outright and Triple Crown for first time since 1938; Grand Slam first time since 1925

Sports History

Mar 19 Two-time Cy Young Award winner Denny McLain is indicted on charges of drug trafficking, embezzlement and racketeering; 25 year sentence later quashed

Cricket History

Mar 21 Australian Allan Border scores 100* vs West Indies in a cricket test at Trinidad after scoring a 98* in his 1st innings

Mar 21 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule

NHL Record

Mar 22 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL record scores 5 seconds into game

Mar 23 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR)

Sports History

Mar 23 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA)

Sports History

Mar 23 World Ice Dancing Championship won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain) in Ottawa, Canada

Mar 24 IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics
Mar 29 NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
Mar 31 138th Grand National: Neale Doughty wins aboard 13/1 Hallo Dandy; 23 complete the course, breaking record for most finishers

Sports History

Mar 31 Mike Bossy becomes first player in NHL history to record 7 straight 50 goal seasons; scores 50th and 51st of the year in a 3-1 New York Islanders' win at Washington