February 1978 in Sport

Events in Sport

Feb 11 25th hat trick in NY Islander history, Denis Potvin's 2nd

Feb 12 Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic
Feb 14 In girls' HS basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St George
Feb 15 England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Geoffrey Boycott captain)

Feb 15 Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

Feb 18 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
Feb 19 20th Daytona 500: Bobby Allison wins (159.73 MPH)
Feb 24 Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game

Feb 25 England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham scores first Test century, 103 v New Zealand in Christchurch

Feb 2 Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures NC)
Feb 2 Barry Ferguson, Scottish football player
Feb 5 Brian Russell, American football player
Feb 7 Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
Feb 7 Endy Chávez, baseball player
Feb 8 Christa Williams, softball pitcher (Olympic gold 1996), born in Houston, Texas
Feb 9 Airton Daré, Brazilian racing driver
Feb 12 Brett Hodgson, Australian rugby league footballer, born in Liverpool, Australia
Feb 14 Laurie Schwoy, soccer forward (Olympics 1996)
Feb 14 Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
Feb 14 Darius Songaila, basketball player
Feb 16 Caroline Hunt, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96), born in Chicago, Illinois
Feb 16 Tia Hellebaut, Belgian athlete
Feb 16 Wasim Jaffer, Indian Cricketer
Feb 18 Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer
Feb 19 Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
Feb 20 Andrea Moody, Abbotsford BC, 4X100 swimmer (Olympics 1996)
Feb 23 Karolina Rantamaki, Finnish ice hockey left wing (Finland, Olympics 1998), born in Espoo, Finland
Feb 26 Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, Senegalese footballer
Feb 26 Marc Hynes, British racing driver
Feb 27 James Beattie, English footballer, born in Lancaster, England
Feb 28 Benjamin Raich, Austrian Olympic skier
Feb 28 Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
Feb 28 Mariano Zabaleta, Argentine tennis player