February 1964 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Hall of Fame

Feb 2 Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, & Miller Huggins

Major League Baseball Pitcher Tim Keefe — Major League Baseball Pitcher
Tim Keefe

Feb 3 French sisters Marielle Goitschel (gold) and Christine Goitschel (silver) repeat (in reverse order) their top-2 finish in the slalom 2 days earlier, in the giant slalom at the Innsbruck Winter Olympics
Feb 9 IX Winter Olympic Games close in Innsbruck, Austria

Event of Interest

Feb 12 End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career

Cricketer and Commentator Richie Benaud — Cricketer and Commentator
Richie Benaud

Feb 12 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming

Event of Interest

Feb 15 Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton

Basketball Player and US Senator Bill Bradley — Basketball Player and US Senator
Bill Bradley

Feb 17 101st member elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, Chicago WS shortstop Luke Appling

Daytona 500

Feb 23 6th Daytona 500: Race winner Richard Petty leads for record 184 of the 200 laps

Auto Racer Richard Petty — Auto Racer
Richard Petty

Boxing Title Fight

Feb 25 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] wins his first world heavyweight boxing title when Sonny Liston fails to come out for round 7 at the Convention Center, Miami Beach

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali — Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Muhammad Ali

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston — Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion
Sonny Liston

Feb 29 NC high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime

Event of Interest

Feb 29 Cincinnati's Jerry Lucas and Oscar Robertson combine for a rare 40-40 performance as the Royals beat host Philadelphia 76ers, 117-114; NBA MVP Robertson has 43 points; Rookie of the Year Lucas, 40 rebounds

NBA Forward Jerry Lucas — NBA Forward
Jerry Lucas

NBA Player Oscar Robertson — NBA Player
Oscar Robertson

Feb 29 Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser records the fastest 100m freestyle of her brilliant career; smashes her own world record 58.9s in Sydney; goes on to win her 3rd straight gold in the event at the Tokyo Olympics

Birthdays in Sport

Feb 5 Jim Pugh, American tennis star, born in Burbank, California
Feb 7 Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead, swimmer (Olympic silver 1984), born in Riverside, California
Feb 7 Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio TX, tennis star
Feb 8 Dennis Gibson, NFL inside linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
Feb 10 Roger Reijners, Dutch football coach and player (MVV), born in Roemond, Netherlands
Feb 10 Sam Graddy, US 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1984), born in Gaffney, South Carolina
Feb 12 Maurice Douglass, NFL safety (NY Giants), born in Muncie, Indiana
Feb 12 Michel Petit, NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning), born in Quebec, Canada
Feb 12 Milton Small, West Indian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 4 wickets), born in Saint Philip Parish, Barbados
Feb 13 Evi Strasser, German equestrian (Olympics 1996), born in Inzell, Germany
Feb 14 Darrick Brilz, American NFL offensive lineman (Cin Bengals), born in Richmond, California
Feb 14 Gianni Bugno, Italian cyclist, born in Brugg, Switzerland
Feb 15 Mark Price, NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic), born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Feb 16 Mark Price, American NBA guard (Cleveland Caveliers) and coach, born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Feb 16 Bebeto [José Roberto Gama de Oliveira], Brazilian footballer, born in Salvador, Brazil
Feb 17 Mike Campbell, American pitcher (Chicago Cubs), born in Seattle, Washington
Feb 17 Buster Olney, American sports columnist
Feb 18 Kevin Tapani, American baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Feb 20 Christian Ruuttu, Lappeenranta FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland)
Feb 20 Jeff Maggert, American golfer (US Senior Open, Tradition 2015), born in Columbia Missouri
Feb 21 Willie Pless, American CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos), born in Anniston, Alabama
Feb 22 Gigi Fernandez [Beatriz], American tennis star (Olymp-gold-96), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Feb 24 Russell Ingall, Australian racing driver
Feb 25 Don Majkowski, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)
Feb 27 April Heinrichs, US women's soccer coach (Olympic-96), born in Littleton, Colorado
Feb 28 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistan road cyclist (Tour de France points winner 1991, 93-4), born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Feb 29 Henrik Sundström, Swedish tennis player (rank #6 1984), born in Lund, Sweden

Deaths in Sport

Feb 6 W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests v NZ 1930), dies
Feb 7 Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 59
Feb 13 Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22
Feb 20 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicket-keeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies