Events in Sport
Sports History
Feb 1 Defenseman Denis Potvin's #5 becomes first number retired by NY Islanders; Potvin played entire 15 year NHL career in NY
Contract of Interest
Feb 1 Slugging outfielder Barry Bonds signs highest single year contract in MLB history, $4.7 million with Pittsburgh Pirates
- Feb 2 Australian Kieren Perkins swims 1,500m freestyle short course world record, 14:32.40 at AIS, Canberra, Australia
Cricket History
Feb 2 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth
- Feb 2 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 21-15; MVP: Michael Irvin, Dallas Cowboys, WR
- Feb 5 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
- Feb 5 Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India
Sports History
Feb 7 Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
- Feb 8 XVI Winter Olympic Games opens in Albertville, France
NBA All-Star Game
Feb 9 42nd NBA All-Star Game, Orlando Arena, Orlando, FL: West beats East, 153-113; MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F
- Feb 9 Heike Henkel high jumps female indoor world record (2.07m)
- Feb 9 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
Olympic Gold
Feb 10 Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA
- Feb 10 Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
- Feb 13 West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game
- Feb 14 Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60)
Daytona 500
Feb 16 34th Daytona 500: Davey Allison joins father Bobby as a race winner; Richard Petty and A. J. Foyt's final drives in the event
- Feb 16 LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
- Feb 19 In a blockbuster NHL trade, Pittsburgh Penguins send Mark Recchi, Brian Benning & LA's 1st round 1992 pick (Jason Bowen) to the Philadelphia Flyers for Kjell Samuelsson, Rick Tocchet & Ken Wregget
- Feb 21 Kristi Yamaguchi of US wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating
- Feb 23 Cricketer Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut as Zimbabwe lose to Sri Lanka
- Feb 23 XVI Winter Olympic Games close in Albertville, France
- Feb 27 Larry Smith named 9th Commissioner of the CFL
Sports History
Feb 29 Boston’s Ray Bourque becomes just the 3rd defenseman in NHL history to score 1,000 career points with a goal and 2 assists in the Bruins' 5-5 tie with Washington Capitals at Boston Garden
Birthdays in Sport
Neymar (31 years old)
Feb 5 Brazilian soccer forward (world record transfer fee $263m FC Barcelona to PSG), born in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo
- Feb 14 Christian Eriksen, Danish soccer midfielder (109 caps; Ajax, Tottenham, Inter Milan; survived cardiac arrest on field 2021), born in Middelfart, Denmark
- Feb 21 Phil Jones, English footballer (Manchester United), born in Preston, England
- Feb 22 Natasha Cloud, American basketball player (Washington Mystics) and activist, born in Broomall, Pennsylvania
- Feb 25 Hideki Matsuyama, Japanese golfer (US Masters 2021; US Open 2017 runner-up), born in Matsuyama, Japan
- Feb 25 Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, sport pistol (Olympics 1996), born in Columbia, South Carolina
Deaths in Sport
- Feb 7 Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
- Feb 12 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, Dutch boxing champ (Olympic gold 1928), dies
- Feb 14 Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player (Olympic bronze, 1948 & silver, 1952), dies at 67
- Feb 26 Gerrit Schulte, Dutch road and track cyclist (World Champion Track Pursuit 1948), dies at 76
- Feb 26 Jean R Yawkey, American baseball executive (owner Boston Red Sox 1976-92), dies of a stroke at 83
