Events in Sport
Sports History
Feb 2 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
NBA History
Feb 8 Pete Maravich scores 47 points as the New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game NBA road losing streak with a 106-102 win over the Hawks in Atlanta
- Feb 10 William "Judy" Johnson selected to baseball Hall of Fame
Daytona 500
Feb 16 17th Daytona 500: Benny Parsons wins after Cale Yarborough sends race leader David Pearson spinning on the backstretch; Parsons avoids the accident and takes the victory
- Feb 16 Washington Capitals 1st NHL shutout, beating KC Scouts 3-0
- Feb 20 Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore
Birthdays in Sport
- Feb 2 Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
- Feb 2 Todd Bertuzzi, Sudbury, NHL right wing (NY Islanders)
- Feb 2 Vaggelis Koutsoures, Greek footballer
- Feb 4 Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer
- Feb 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Feb 5 Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player (Willem II), born in Breda, Netherlands
- Feb 6 Chad Allen, American baseball outfielder (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Dallas, Texas
- Feb 7 Alexandre Daigle, NHL center (Ottawa Senators), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Feb 7 Marika Lehtimaki, ice hockey center (Finland, Olympics 1998)
- Feb 8 Damon Denson, American guard (New England Patriots), born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania,
- Feb 9 Viktor Chistiakov, Russian-born Australian athlete
- Feb 10 Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball player, born in Osaka, Japan
- Feb 10 Tina Thompson, WNBA forward (Houston Comets), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 11 Andrew "Andy" Lally, American sports car & stock car racing driver, born in Northport, New York
- Feb 11 Jacque Vaughn, American basketball guard (Utah Jazz) and coach (Orlando Magic), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 12 Chris Szarka, CFL fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Feb 12 Matt Finkes, NFL linebacker (NY Jets), born in Piqua, Ohio
- Feb 12 Scot Pollard, NBA center (Detroit Pistons), born in Murray, Utah
- Feb 12 Seth Payne, NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars), born in Clifton Springs, New York
- Feb 13 Ben Collins, English auto racer (ASCAR Racing Series 2003) and stunt driver (former Top Gear 'Stig'), born in Bristol, England
- Feb 13 Mark Gerald Keddell, New Zealand 200m runner (Olympics 1996), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Feb 15 Robert Fuchs, Dutch footballer (PSV, DESK Kaatsheuvel), born in Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Feb 16 Casey Barrett, 200m Butterfly (Olympics 1996), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Feb 16 Marty Murray, Deloraine, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
- Feb 16 Vanina Ickx, Belgian racing driver
- Feb 17 Sung-Hee Park, Korean tennis star (1993 Futures-Seoul), born in Pusan, Korea
- Feb 17 Todd Harvey, Canadian NHL center (Dallas Stars), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- Feb 17 Vaclav Prospal, NHL forward (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998, Philadelphia)
- Feb 18 Gary Neville, English footballer, born in Bury, United Kingdom
- Feb 18 Scott Tucker, American 400m/800m freestyle relay (Olympics 1996), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Feb 19 Daewon Song, Korean professional skateboarder
- Feb 19 Mikko Kavén, Finnish footballer
- Feb 19 Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname-Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht)
- Feb 20 Brendan Witt, Humboldt, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
- Feb 20 Ismael Kirui, Marakwet Kenya, 5k runner
- Feb 20 Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player
- Feb 21 Scott Miller, Australian swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Feb 22 Charles O'Bannon, American NBA guard (Detroit Pistons), born in Bellflower, California
- Feb 22 Gregory Maddalone, American dance skater (with partner Demkowski), born in Schenectady, New York
- Feb 23 Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech tennis player, born in Kolín, Czech Republic
- Feb 23 Chris Garner, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Feb 23 Pat Barnes, American football quarterback (KC Chiefs), born in Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Feb 25 Hercules Kyvelos, boxer (Olympics 1996), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Feb 26 Cindy Werley, American field hockey player (Olympics 1996), born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Feb 26 Mike Wilson, Canadian NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres), born in Brampton, Canada
- Feb 27 Duce Staley, American football running back (Super Bowl 2005, Pittsburgh Steelers) and coach (Detroit Lions ass HC Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions), born in West Columbia, South Carolina
- Feb 27 Marcus Robinson, American football wide receiver (Chicago Bears), born in Fort Valley, Georgia
- Feb 27 Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete, born in Larissa, Greece
- Feb 28 Azhar Mahmood, Pakistan cricket all-rounder (21 Tests, 900 runs @ 30.00, 3 x 100s, 39 wickets), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Feb 28 Mike Rucker, American football player
Weddings in Sport
Johnny Bench
Feb 21 Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench (27) weds Vickie Chesser in Cincinnati, Ohio
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