Events in Sport
- Feb 25 Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8)
Birthdays in Sport
- Feb 1 Anatoli Firsov, Russian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72; 8 x World C'ship gold), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2000)
- Feb 1 Franco Nones, Italian cross country skier (Olympic gold 30k 1968; first non-Scandinavian and Soviet/Russian male to win Olympic cross-country gold), born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Italy
- Feb 3 Carol Mann, American golfer (1964 Western Open, 1965 US Open), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2018)
- Feb 3 Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler (NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's)
- Feb 10 John Hampshire, cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969)
- Feb 12 Ross Morgan, cricketer (NZ batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72)
- Feb 15 Austin Savage, Welsh hockey player, born in St Asaph, Wales
- Feb 16 Vitali Kuznetsov, USSR, judo (Olympic silver 1972)
- Feb 17 Heidi Biebi, German downhill skier (Olympic gold 1960), born in Oberstaufen, West Germany
- Feb 20 Clyde Wright, American MLB pitcher (no-hitter v Oakland 1970), born in Jefferson City, Tennessee
- Feb 23 Robin Bynoe, cricketer (WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67)
- Feb 23 Ron Hunt, baseball player
- Feb 26 Keith Thomson, New Zealand cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v India 1968), born in Methven, New Zealand
Deaths in Sport
- Feb 19 Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket wicket-keeper (v Aus 1879), dies