February 1906 in Sport

Events in Sport


Sport defeatBoxing Title Fight

Feb 23 Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Tommy Burns
Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion
Tommy Burns
  • Feb 28 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Queen's U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games

Birthdays in Sport

  • Feb 4 Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (champ-1933)
  • Feb 10 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)
  • Feb 16 Vera Menchik, Russian 1st official women's world chess champion (1927), born in Moscow (d. 1944)
  • Feb 27 Alexander Matheson, NZ cricket pace bowler (2 Tests 1930-31)