- 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
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