Events in Sport
Sports History
Feb 3 Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
Sports History
Feb 3 Jockey Bill Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
Sports History
Feb 4 Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
- Feb 4 St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
Sports History
Feb 6 Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50
- Feb 6 Groundbreaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
NBA All-Star Game
Feb 11 40th NBA All-Star Game, Miami Arena, Miami, FL: East beats West, 130-113; MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F
Boxing Title Fight
Feb 11 In a huge upset, James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10th round in Tokyo, Japan to win the world heavyweight boxing title
- Feb 11 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
Sports History
Feb 13 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games
- Feb 15 Baseball owners lock out players
Daytona 500
Feb 18 32nd Daytona 500: Derrike Cope wins after Dale Earnhardt shreds right rear tyre on last lap
Birthdays in Sport
- Feb 7 Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
Bethany Hamilton
Feb 8 Bethany Hamilton, American pro-surfer (Soul Surfer), born in Lihue, Hawaii
- Feb 8 Klay Thompson, American basketball guard (3-time NBA champion GS Warriors 2015, 17, 18, Olympic gold 2016), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 12 Robert Griffin III, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2011, Baylor; NFL Pro Bowl 2012, Washington Redskins; Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens), born in Okinawa, Japan
- Feb 15 Erwin Sak, Polish football goalkeeper (Stomil Olstyn), born in Lublin, Poland
Deaths in Sport
- Feb 2 Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (British heavyweight champion 1956-58), dies at 56
- Feb 14 Graeme Hole, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 6 x 50; NSW CA), dies from cancer at 59
- Feb 17 Hap Day, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (Stanley Cup 1932 [captain], 42, 45, 47, 48, 1949 [coach], 1951 [assistant manager]; Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 88
- Feb 24 Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45
- Feb 27 Les Ames, English cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (47 Tests, 97 dismissals, 2,434 runs @ 40.56), dies at 84
- Feb 28 Colin Milburn, English cricket batsman (9 Tests, 2 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 139; Northamptonshire CCC, MCC, WA CA), dies of a heart attack at 48
- Feb 28 Tuppy Owen-Smith, South African cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
