Events in Sport
- Feb 4 Archie Jackson scores 164 in Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide
- Feb 20 Boston Red Sox announce they will play Sunday MLB games at Braves Field; Fenway Park located too close to a church
- Feb 28 Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
Birthdays in Sport
- Feb 3 Ken Shipp, American football coach
- Feb 3 Pedro Nájera, Mexican soccer midfielder (FIFA World Cup 1954, 62; Club América), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 2020)
- Feb 5 Al Worthington, baseball player
- Feb 6 Sixten Jernberg, Swedish skier (Olympic gold 1956/60/64), born in Lima, Sweden (d. 2012)
- Feb 8 Roger Byrne, English soccer fullback (33 caps; Manchester United 245 games; died Munich air disaster), born in Manchester, Lancashire (d. 1958)
- Feb 9 Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
- Feb 10 Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian cross country skier (Olympic gold 1952, 56), born in Trysil, Norway (d. 2007)
Graham Hill
Feb 15 Graham Hill, British auto racer (Formula One World Champion, 1962 & 1968) born in Hampstead, London (d. 1975)

Graham Hill
- Feb 16 Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer (d. 1980)
- Feb 17 Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player
- Feb 18 Lou Gorman, American baseball executive (general manager Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2011)
- Feb 22 Ryne Duren, American near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Cazenovia, Wisconsin (d. 2011)
- Feb 23 Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st African American NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
- Feb 27 Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer, (d. 2013)
- Feb 27 Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (d. 2008)
- Feb 28 Hayden Fry, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (SMU 1962-72, North Texas State University 1973-78, University of Iowa 1979-98), born in Eastland, Texas (d. 2019)