February 1951 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Feb 14 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title

Feb 17 Detroit right wing Gordie Howe scores his 100th career NHL goal and adds an assist in a 2-1 Red Wings' victory away to the Montreal Canadiens

Feb 3 Felipe Munoz, Mexican 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1968)
Feb 3 Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
Feb 4 Stan Papi, American baseball player
Feb 6 Marco Antônio, Brazilian footballer, born in Santos, Brazil
Feb 7 Benny Ayala, baseball player
Feb 7 Manfred Schumann, German FR, bobsled (Olympic-silver/bronze-1976)
Feb 8 Camille LaPierre, NHLer
Feb 14 Kevin Keegan, English soccer forward, manager (England 63 caps, Liverpool, Newcastle United), born in Armthorpe, Doncaster
Feb 14 JoJo Starbuck, American ice skater, born in Birmingham, Alabama
Feb 16 Larry Finch, American college basketball coach (University of Memphis 1986-97), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2011)
Feb 20 Phil Neal, English soccer player
Feb 21 John Parker, New Zealand cricketer (NZ batsman of 70s), born in Dannevirke, New Zealand
Feb 22 Elaine Tanner, Canadian swimmer (1966 Commonwealth Games, 1968 Olympics), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Feb 23 Ed "Too Tall" Jones, American NFL defensive end (Pro Bowl, All Pro 1981-83; Super Bowl 1977; Dallas Cowboys), born in Jackson, Tennessee
Feb 24 Derek Randall, cricketer (England batsman & animated cover fieldsman)
Feb 25 Don Quarrie, Jamaican runner
Feb 25 James Brown, American sportscaster (CBS News, The NFL Today), born in Washington, D.C.
Feb 25 César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player
Feb 28 Gustavo Thoeni, Italian giant slalom (Olympic gold 1972)
Feb 28 Karsan Ghavri, cricketer (Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s)