Events in Sport
- Feb 1 The County soccer team forms in Doetinchem
- Feb 1 42nd Women's Australian Championships: Thelma Coyne Long beats Jenny Staley (6-3, 6-4)
- Feb 1 42nd Men's Australian Championships: Mervyn Rose beats Rex Hartwig (6-2, 0-6, 6-4, 6-2)
- Feb 2 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
- Feb 10 Ice Dance Championship at Oslo won by Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy GRB
- Feb 28 Patty Berg and Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
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 15 Armand Parmentier, Belgian athlete
- Feb 16 Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler (Whispering Death-Awesome for WI)
- Feb 19 Socrates [Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Sousa Vieira de Oliveira], Brazilian footballer, 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