Events in Sport
Contract of Interest
Feb 1 American all-round athlete Jim Thorpe signs to play baseball with the NY Giants; unlike his other sporting endeavours the Olympic-medal winner's career in MLB was uninspiring (1913-19)
Birthdays in Sport
- Feb 3 Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939)
- Feb 9 Leo van der Kar, Dutch businessman and sport benefactor (Sports funds) (d. 1992)
- Feb 14 Mel Allen, American sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1996)
- Feb 14 Woody Hayes, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C'ship 1954, 57, 61, 68, 70; Ohio State), born in Clifton, Ohio (d. 1987)
- Feb 15 Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (grandmaster 1952), born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1997)
- Feb 20 Tommy Henrich, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1942, 1947–50; World Series 1938, 41, 47, 49, 51; NY Yankees), born in Massillon, Ohio (d. 2009)
- Feb 21 Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (d. 1997)
- Feb 23 Charles Leonard, American pentathlete (Olympic silver medal 1936), born in Fort Snelling, Minnesota (d. 2006)
Deaths in Sport
- Feb 10 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek athlete (Olympic gold standing long jump, bronze high jump 1912, 2 x silver 1908), dies from meningitis at 24
- Feb 23 Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test South African career), dies
- Feb 26 Bud Fowler, American Baseball HOF executive (earliest known African-American player in organized pro baseball), dies at 54
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