- Feb 3 Ron Piché, Quebec baseball player (Milwaukee Braves), dies at 75
- Feb 4 Woodie Fryman, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1968, 76; Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Montreal Expos), dies at 70
- Feb 8 Tony Malinosky, American baseball player (b. 1909)
- Feb 10 Trevor Bailey, English cricket all-rounder, writer and broadcaster (61 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 134no, 132 wickets; BBC), dies in a fire in his retirement flat at 87
- Feb 11 Chuck Tanner, American baseball manager (World Series 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates; Chicago WS, Oakland A's, Atlanta Braves), dies at 82
- Feb 11 Tom Carnegie, American sports announcer (b. 1919)
- Feb 12 Gino Cimoli, American baseball player, dies at 81
- Feb 12 Mato Damjanović, Croatian chess grandmaster (b. 1927)
- Feb 15 Joe Frazier, American baseball outfielder (Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles) and manager (NY Mets 1976–77), dies at 88
Ollie Matson (1930-2011)
Feb 19 Pro/College Football Hall of Fame halfback (First-team All-Pro 1952, 54–59; Pro Bowl 1952, 54–58; NFL 1950s All Decade Team), dies of dementia at 80
- Feb 20 Betty Hicks, American golfer, author (US Open runner-up 1948, 54), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 90
Duke Snider (1926-2011)
Feb 27 American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (8 x MLB All Star; World Series 1955, 59; Brooklyn / LA Dodgers), dies at 84