- Feb 11 Frankie Crosetti, American baseball shortstop and 3rd base coach (record 17 World Series titles as player and coach; NY Yankees), dies from complications of a fall at 91
- Feb 14 Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer (b. 1922)
- Feb 16 Walter Winterbottom, England soccer manager (first manager England national football team 1946–62; FA Director of Coaching), dies at 88
- Feb 25 Afaq Hussain, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Karachi University, Pakistan International Airlines), dies at 62
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