Events in Sport
- Feb 26 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604
Birthdays in Sport
Patty Berg (1918-2006)
Feb 13 American golfer (15 major titles, US Open 1946), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Feb 22 Charles "Charlie O" Finley, American sports entrepreneur (MLB's Kansas City/Oakland A's: NHL's California Golden Seals), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1996)
- Feb 22 Sid Abel, Canadian NHL hockey player (1948-49 Hart Trophy), born in Melville, Saskatchewan (d. 2000)
- Feb 25 Barney Ewell, American athlete (1948 Olympics 1 gold, 2 silver), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
- Feb 25 Barney Ewell, American athlete (d. 1996)
Bobby Riggs (1918-1995)
Feb 25 American tennis player ("The Battle of the Sexes", US Open 1939, 41), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 26 Preacher Roe, American baseball pitcher (5 × MLB All-Star Brooklyn Dodgers; NL strikeout leader 1945 Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Ash Flat, Arkansas (d. 2008)
Deaths in Sport
John L. Sullivan (1858-1918)
Feb 2 American boxer (first heavyweight gloved champion, de facto 1882-92; last heavyweight bare-knuckle champion), dies at 59
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