Events in Sport
Boxing Title Fight
Donald Bradman
- Feb 28 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
Birthdays in Sport
Fran Tarkenton
Feb 3 Fran Tarkenton, NFL quarterback (NY Giants, Minnesota Vikings), born in Richmond, Virginia
Fran Tarkenton
- Feb 6 Jimmy Tarbuck, English comic/golfer
- Feb 10 Mary Rand-Bignal-Toomey, English long jumper (Olympic gold 1964), born in Wells, United Kingdom
- Feb 11 Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic gold 1968)
- Feb 15 John Hadl, American football player
- Feb 17 Dennis Gamsy, South African cricketer (South African bat in 2 Tests v Australia 1970), born in Glenwood, South Africa
- Feb 20 Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player
- Feb 21 Peter Gethin, British racing driver
- Feb 22 Chet Walker, NBA all-star forward (Chicago Bulls)
- Feb 24 Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70), born in Louisville, Kentucky, (d. 2014)
- Feb 24 Denis Law, Scottish footballer (Manchester United, Manchester City), born in Aberdeen, Scotland
- Feb 25 Billy Packer, Wellsville NY, basketball sportscaster (CBS)
- Feb 25 Ron Santo, American MLB player and broascaster (Chicago Cubs), 1st baseball player to veto his trade), born in Seattle (d. 2010)
Mario Andretti
Feb 28 Mario Andretti, Italian American race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500, 1978 Formula One World Champion), born in Montona, Italy
Mario Andretti