- Feb 9 Grigory Levenfish, Russian International chess grandmaster, dies at 70
- Feb 9 Oscar Egg, Swiss track and road bicycle racer (3 x world hour record), dies at 70
- Feb 15 Dudley Richards, American figure skater (U.S. Pairs champion, 1961), dies in a plane crash at 29
- Feb 15 Laurence Owen, American figure skater (U.S. and North American champion), dies in a plane crash at 16
Maribel Vinson (1911-1961)
Feb 15 American figure skater (9 time US National Champion) and coach, dies in a plane crash at 49
- Feb 15 Maribel Yerxa Owen, American figure skater (U.S. Pairs champion, 1961), dies in a plane crash at 20
- Feb 16 (Charles) "Dazzy" Vance, American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 x NL strike-out leader; World Series 1934 St Louis Cardinals; NL MVP & Triple Crown of Pitching,1924 Brooklyn Robins), dies at 69
- Feb 23 Wilf Ferguson, West Indian cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies at 43
- Feb 27 Platt Adams, American field athlete (Olympic gold standing high jump 1912), dies at 75
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