Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Feb 12 Celtic Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds to beat Warriors 136-125
Bill Russell
- Feb 12 Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 yrs 82 days
- Feb 15 Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
- Feb 18 Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater
- Feb 19 Henk van der Grift (Neth) becomes world champ all-round skater
- Feb 25 Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak
- Feb 26 3rd Daytona 500: Marvin Panch wins (149.601 MPH)
Birthdays in Sport
- Feb 1 Gina Hull, LPGA golfer (1989 USX Golf Classic-8th), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- Feb 2 Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994)
- Feb 3 Jay Adams, American skateboarder
- Feb 4 Denis Savard, Canadian NHL centre (Chicago Blackhawks) named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players' in history, born in Pointe Gatineau, Canada
- Feb 5 Savvas Kofidis, Greek footballer and manager
- Feb 6 Bill Lester, American racecar driver
- Feb 9 John Kruk, American baseball 1st baseman (Philadelphia Phillies)
- Feb 10 David Ward, British cricketer (prolific Surrey batsman), born in Croydon, United Kingdom
- Feb 10 Eva Pfaff, German tennis player, born in Königstein im Taunus, Germany
- Feb 11 Mary Docter, American 3000m speed skater (Olympics 1980, 84, 88, 92)
- Feb 12 Chris Heyne, WLAF General Manager (Frankfurt Galaxy), born in Munich, Germany
- Feb 13 Kyi Hla Han, Burmese golfer, born in Yangon, Burma
- Feb 17 Deb[ra] Richardson, beach volleyballer (Olympics 1996), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Feb 17 Guy McIntyre, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
- Feb 18 Alycia Moulton, tennis star, born in Sacramento, California
- Feb 19 Justin Fashanu, English footballer (d. 1998)
- Feb 19 Andy Wallace, English race car driver
- Feb 20 Steve Lundquist, US swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1984)
- Feb 21 Yobes Ondieki, Kenya, 10K runner (world record)
- Feb 21 Bertha Faye, American wrestler (d. 2001)
- Feb 22 Marla O'Hara, Gardena Ca, WPVA volleyballer (Santa Cruz-3rd-1991)
- Feb 22 Mike Morris, NFL center (Minnesota Vikings)
- Feb 24 Janice Gibson, LPGA golfer (1994 Youngstown-Warren-15th), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Feb 24 Ruud Really, soccer player (Feyenoord)
- Feb 25 Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993)
- Feb 25 Todd Blackledge, American football player
James Worthy
Feb 27 James Worthy, American NBA forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP), born in Gastonia, North Carolina
James Worthy
Deaths in Sport
- Feb 9 Grigory Levenfish, Russian International chess grandmaster, dies at 70
- Feb 15 Maribel Vinson, American figure skater (9 time US National Champion), dies at 49
- Feb 23 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
- Feb 27 Platt Adams, American high jumper (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 75