Events in Sports History on March 12

  • 1862 24th Grand National: Harry Lamplugh wins aboard The Huntsman; first French trained winner; only human fatality recorded in the event, jockey Joe Wynne
  • 1881 Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain
  • 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) baseball franchise is approved as a member of the American League
  • 1908 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Winnipeg Maple Leafs, 9-3 for 2-0 sweep of challenge series
  • 1910 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat Berlin Dutchmen (ON), 7-3
  • 1912 Establishment of the first football club in Bulgaria - Botev Plovdiv
  • 1949 Ireland retains Five Nations Rugby Championship & Triple Crown with a 5-0 win over Wales at St. Helen's Ground, Swansea

NHL Record

1966 Chicago Black Hawks Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record

Sports History

1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)

  • 1967 Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet

World Record

1978 American speed skater Eric Heiden sets world record in 1000m (1:14.99)

  • 1980 NY Islanders 3rd scoreless tie, vs Pittsburgh Penguin

Sports History

1982 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands

  • 1983 4th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: St. John's beats Boston College, 85-77

Sports History

1985 Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points

Sports History

1987 David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game

  • 1987 Ice Pairs World Championship at Cincinnati won by Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (USSR)
  • 1987 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)
  • 1989 10th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Georgetown beats Syracuse, 88-79
  • 1989 30th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Florida, 72-60
  • 1989 36th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 North Carolina beats #7 Duke, 77-74
  • 1995 16th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Villanova beats Connecticut, 94-78
  • 1995 36th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Arkansas, 95-93 (OT)
  • 1995 42nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #7 Wake Forest beats #4 North Carolina, 82-80 (OT)
  • 1995 Ice Dance Championship at Birmingham UK won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)

Cricket History

1995 West Indies cricketer Brian Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain

  • 2000 41st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Arkansas beats Auburn, 75-67
  • 2000 47th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats #20 Maryland, 81-68
  • 2005 26th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Syracuse beats West Virginia, 68-59
  • 2006 47th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats South Carolina, 49-47
  • 2006 53rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #7 Boston College, 78-76
  • 2011 32nd Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: #9 Connecticut beats #3 Louisville, 69-66
  • 2020 2020 NCAA men's basketball tournament is cancelled over concerns of the spread of COVID-19; first time 'March Madness' not held since it began in 1939; women's tournament also cancelled
  • 2020 NHL announces the pausing of the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic

PGA Players Championship

2023 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Scottie Scheffler becomes third golfer, after Jack Nicklaus & Tiger Woods, to hold Masters & Players titles at same time; wins by 5 from England's Tyrrell Hatton