Athletes and Sports Stars Born in February 1941

Feb 1 Anatoli Firsov, Russian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72; 8 x World C'ship gold), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2000)
Feb 1 Franco Nones, Italian cross country skier (Olympic gold 30k 1968; first non-Scandinavian and Soviet/Russian male to win Olympic cross-country gold), born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Italy

Carol Mann (1941-2018)

Feb 3 American golfer (1964 Western Open, 1965 US Open), born in Buffalo, New York

Feb 3 Francisco Jara, Mexican soccer forward (9 caps; CD Guadalajara 1960-71), born in Guadalajara, Mexico (d. 2024)
Feb 3 Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler (NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's)
Feb 10 John Hampshire, cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969)
Feb 12 Ross Morgan, New Zealand cricketer (batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72)
Feb 15 Austin Savage, Welsh hockey player, born in St Asaph, Wales
Feb 16 Bill Tobin, American football executive (GM Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts), born in Burlington Junction, Missouri (d. 2024)
Feb 16 Vitali Kuznetsov, Russian judoka (Olympic silver 1972) (d. 2011)
Feb 17 Heidi Biebl, German alpine skier (Olympic gold women's downhill 1960), born in Oberstaufen, Germany (d. 2022)
Feb 18 Homer Jones, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1967, 68; NFL record: career yards per reception: 22.3; NY Giants, Cleveland Browns), born in Pittsburg, Texas (d. 2023)
Feb 19 Imre Szöllősi, Hungarian sprint canoeist (World C'ship gold K-2 10,00m 1966; 2 x Olympic silver 1960, bronze 1968), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2022)
Feb 19 Warren Powers, American football running back (Oakland Raiders) and coach (Washington State University 1977, University of Missouri 1978-84), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2021)
Feb 20 Clyde Wright, American MLB pitcher (no-hitter v Oakland 1970), born in Jefferson City, Tennessee
Feb 22 Jürgen Nöldner, German soccer midfielder (30 caps East Germany; ASK Vorwärts Berlin 285 games), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2022)
Feb 23 Robin Bynoe, cricketer (WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67)
Feb 23 Ron Hunt, baseball player
Feb 26 Keith Thomson, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests, 1 x 50; Canterbury) and field hockey centre-half (28 Tests; Canterbury), born in Methven, New Zealand (d. 2023)
Feb 27 Charlie Faulkner, Welsh rugby union prop (19 Tests Wales; British & Irish Lions 1977; Pontypool RFC, Barbarian FC) and coach (Newport RFC), born in Newport, Wales (d. 2023)