February 1983 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Feb 4 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton

Feb 6 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 20-19; MVPs: Dan Fouts, San Diego Chargers, QB; John Jefferson, Green Bay Packers, WR

Feb 8 35th NHL All-Star Game, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale: Campbell Conference beats Wales Conference, 9-3; MVP: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers, C

Feb 8 Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino

Feb 8 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
Feb 13 Opener Steve Smith with 117 and Geoff Lawson 3-11 guide Australia to 149 run win over New Zealand in cricket's World Series Cup 2nd Final in Melbourne; win series, 2-0

Feb 13 33rd NBA All-Star Game, The Forum, Inglewood, CA: East beats West, 132-123; MVP: Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers, F

Feb 18 Indiana Pacers lose, 121-94 in Milwaukee; begin a 28 NBA game losing streak on the road
Feb 18 Right wing Lanny McDonald becomes the first player in NHL franchise Calgary Flames' history to score 50 goals in a season in a 5-1 loss to Buffalo Sabres

Feb 19 Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million

Feb 19 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400 m free style swimming record
Feb 20 Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
Feb 20 25th Daytona 500: 3rd win in the event for Cale Yarborough; first time an in-car camera goes into victory lane before a national CBS Sports audience
Feb 21 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
Feb 22 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500m free style swimming record

Feb 1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian road cyclist (Tour de France 3rd 2010; 4th 2012), born in Herentals, Belgium
Feb 2 Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete
Feb 2 Jordin Tootoo, Canadian hockey player
Feb 3 Richard Bartel, National Football League quarterback
Feb 6 Brodie Croyle, American football player, born in Rainbow City, Alabama
Feb 6 S. Sreesanth, Indian cricketer, born in Kothamangalam, India
Feb 6 Jamie Whincup, Australian racing driver, born in Melbourne, Australia
Feb 7 Christian Klien, Austrian racing driver
Feb 7 Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
Feb 7 Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
Feb 9 Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer

Feb 11 Rafael Van der Vaart, Dutch footballer, born in Keemskerk, Netherlands
Feb 12 Carlton Brewster, NFL player, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Feb 14 Bacary Sagna, French footballer, born in Sens, France
Feb 15 Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player, born in East York, Canada
Feb 17 Gérald Cid, French footballer, born in Talence, France
Feb 18 Jermaine Jenas, English footballer, born in Nottingham, United Kingdom
Feb 18 Jason Maxiell, American basketball player, born in Chicago, Illinois
Feb 18 Roberta Vinci, Italian tennis player (5 Grand Slam doubles titles), born in Taranto, Italy
Feb 20 Justin Verlander, American baseball player
Feb 21 Braylon Edwards, American football player, born in Detroit, Michigan
Feb 23 Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player, born in Padua, Italiy
Feb 23 Mido, Egyptian footballer, born in Cairo, Egypt
Feb 25 Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-born Croatian footballer
Feb 27 Devin Harris, American basketball player, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Feb 2 Bryan Valentine, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 454 runs), dies
Feb 3 Tullio Campagnolo, Italian racing cyclist and inventor (quick release skewer patent; founder bicycle component company Campagnolo), dies at 81
Feb 14 Lina Radke, German 800m runner (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 79
Feb 22 Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 70