Events in Sport
Birthdays in Sport
- Feb 2 Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer (2 Tests for Sri Lanka v NZ 1983)
- Feb 3 Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
- Feb 10 Larry McWilliams, baseball player
- Feb 15 Pamela Theresa Jiles, American 4X400m relayer (Olympic silver 1976), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Feb 16 Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler (Whispering Death-Awesome for WI)
- Feb 19 Sócrates [Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Sousa Vieira de Oliveira], Brazilian soccer midfielder (60 caps, 22 goals Brazil; Corinthians), born in Belém, Brazil (d. 2011)
- Feb 21 Ivo van Damme, Belgian 800/1500m dash (Olympic silver 1976)
- Feb 25 Steve Rixon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1977-85)
- Feb 28 Brian Billick, American football coach