February 1941 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Boxing Title Fight

Feb 17 In his 14th title defence Joe Louis KOs Gus Dorazio in the 2nd round at the Convention Center, Philadelphia to retain NYSAC heavyweight boxing crown

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, New Zealand cricketer (batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72)
Feb 15 Austin Savage, Welsh hockey player, born in St Asaph, Wales
Feb 16 Vitali Kuznetsov, Russian judoka (Olympic silver 1972) (d. 2011)
Feb 17 Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier (Olympic gold women's downhill 1960), born in Oberstaufen, Germany (d. 2022)
Feb 19 Warren Powers, American football running back (Oakland Raiders) and coach (Washington State University 1977, University of Missouri 1978-84), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2021)
Feb 20 Clyde Wright, American MLB pitcher (no-hitter v Oakland 1970), born in Jefferson City, Tennessee
Feb 22 Jürgen Nöldner, German soccer midfielder (30 caps East Germany; ASK Vorwärts Berlin 285 games), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2022)
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