- Mar 2 Simon Hobday, South African golfer (US Senior Open 1994), dies of cancer at 76
Raymond Kopa (1931-2017)
Mar 3 French soccer attacking midfielder (45 caps; Angers, Reims, Real Madrid; Ballon d'Or 1958; 'the Napoleon of football'), dies at 85
- Mar 10 John Surtees, British auto racer (World F1 C'ship 1964) and motorcycle racer (World C'ships: 350 cc – 1958, 59, 60; 500 cc – 1956, 58, 59, 60), dies of respiratory failure at 83
- Mar 13 Ed Whitlock, British-Canadian runner, oldest person to run marathon under 4 hrs (at 85), dies at 86
- Mar 15 Jackie Pung, American golfer (5 LPGA titles), dies at 95
- Mar 19 Ken Still, American golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), dies of kidney failure at 82
- Mar 19 Roger Pingeon, French cylist (Tour de France 1967 champion), dies at 76
- Mar 22 Dallas Green, American baseball manager and pitcher (Phillies, Yankees), dies at 82
- Mar 26 Brian Oldfield, American shot-putter (credited with making rotational technique popular), dies at 71
- Mar 31 Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 81
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