February 1990 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Feb 3 Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation

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

Feb 6 Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50

Feb 11 40th NBA All-Star Game, Miami Arena, Miami, FL: East beats West, 130-113; MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F

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 13 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games

Feb 18 32nd Daytona 500: Derrike Cope wins after Dale Earnhardt shreds right rear tyre on last lap

Feb 8 Bethany Hamilton, 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

Feb 2 Joe Erskine, Welsh heavyweight boxer (British heavyweight champion 1956-58), dies at 56
Feb 14 Graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies
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, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies
Feb 28 Tuppy Owen-Smith, South African cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies