Events in Sport
- Feb 5 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
- Feb 5 28th NBA All-Star Game, Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, Ga: East beats West, 133-125; MVP: Randy Smith, SD Clippers, G
Sports History
Feb 11 25th hat trick in NY Islander history, Denis Potvin's 2nd
Boxing Title Fight
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 takes lead with 11 laps remaining; lowest starting position (33rd) for winner until 2007
- Feb 24 Kevin Porter, NJ, sets NBA record with 29 assists in a game
Sports History
Feb 25 England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham scores first Test century, 103 v New Zealand in Christchurch
Birthdays in Sport
- 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, born in Scotland, United Kingdom
- 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, American soccer forward (Olympics 1996)
- Feb 14 Richard Hamilton, American basketball player, born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania
- Feb 14 Darius Songaila, Lithuanian basketball player, born in Marijampolė, Lithuania
- Feb 16 Tia Hellebaut, Belgian athlete
- Feb 16 Wasim Jaffer, Indian Cricketer
- Feb 18 Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer, born in Canberra, Australia
- 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, born in Dakar, Senegal
- Feb 26 Marc Hynes, British racing driver, born in Guildford, United Kingdom
- Feb 27 James Beattie, English footballer, born in Lancaster, England
- Feb 28 Benjamin Raich, Austrian alpine ski racer, born in Innsbruck, Austria
- Feb 28 Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player, born in Brooklyn, New York
- Feb 28 Mariano Zabaleta, Argentine tennis player, born in Tandil, Argentina