- Feb 1 Joanne Bracker, American college basketball coach (Midland University 1970-2012; Women's Basketball HOF), dies at 77
- Feb 2 Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French auto racer (55 x F1 GP, 2 wins; 4 x 3rd overall 24 Hours of Le Mans), dies at 80
- Feb 6 Billy Thomson, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; St Mirren 206 games, Dundee United), dies at 64
- Feb 6 Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle, silver 4×100m freestyle 1948), dies at 95
- Feb 6 John Moeti, South African soccer midfielder (29 caps; Orlando Pirates FC, SuperSport United FC), dies at 55
- Feb 7 František Cipro, Czech soccer forward (SK Slavia Prague 232 games) and manager (SK Slavia Prague, SK Dynamo České Budějovice), dies at 75
- Feb 7 Friedel Lutz, German soccer full-back (12 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.), dies at 84
- Feb 7 Oleksandr Radchenko, Ukrainian soccer left-back (17 caps; FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), dies at 46
- Feb 8 Charlie Faulkner, Welsh rugby union prop (19 Tests Wales; British & Irish Lions 1977; Pontypool RFC, Barbarian FC) and coach (Newport RFC), dies at 81
- Feb 8 Miroslav Blažević, Bosnian soccer manager (Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, NK Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Grasshoppers, Dinamo Zagreb, Nantes, PAOK), dies at 87
- Feb 9 Marcos Alonso, Spanish soccer winger (22 caps; Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona) and manager (Rayo Vallecano, Racing Santander, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Valladolid), dies from cancer at 63
- Feb 12 Eileen Sheridan, English cyclist (record road cyclist - Land’s End-John O’Groats time stood for 36 years), dies at 99 [1]
- Feb 13 Conrad Dobler, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1975, 76, 77; St. Louis Cardinals; famous for unsportsmanlike play), dies at 72
- Feb 14 Charley Ferguson, American football tight end (AFL All-Star 1965; AFL C'ship 1964, 65; Buffalo Bills), dies at 83
- Feb 14 Greg McMackin, American football coach (Oregon Institute of Technology 1986-89; University of Hawaii 2008-11), dies at 77
- Feb 14 John M. Veitch, American thoroughbred horse trainer (Breeders' Cup Classic 1985 [Proud Truth]; Alydar; National Museum of Racing HOF), dies at 77
- Feb 16 Tim McCarver, American baseball catcher (World Series 1964, 67; MLB All-Star 1966, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (NY Mets, ABC, CBS, FOX), dies of heart failure at 81 [1]
- Feb 17 John Holdsworth, English rugby league referee (2 x Challenge Cup Finals; record 6 x Premiership Finals; first World Club Challenge 1987: Wigan beat Manly 8-2), dies at 76
- Feb 18 Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı, Turkish soccer manager (4xTurkish Super League; 3xTurkish Cup Trabzonspor) and midfielder (3 caps; İdmanocağı, Trabzonspor), dies at 87
- Feb 18 Ilario Castagner, Italian soccer manager (Perugia, Lazio, AC Milan, Internazionale, Ascoli) and striker (Perugia, AC Prato), dies at 82
- Feb 18 Petar Zhekov, Bulgarian soccer forward (44 caps; Beroe Stara Zagora, CSKA Sofia), dies at 78
- Feb 18 Peter Wolfenden, New Zealand harness racing driver/trainer (NZ drivers' premiership x 14; Inter Dominion Pacing C' ship x 2; NZ Trotting Cup x 4; Australasian Drivers C'ship x 2), dies at 88
- Feb 19 Greg Foster, American athlete (3 x World C'ship gold 110m hurdles; Olympic silver 1984), dies from amyloidosis at 64
- Feb 21 Amancio Amaro, Spanish soccer outside right (42 caps; Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid), dies at 83
- Feb 23 Tom Tierney, Irish rugby union scrum-half (8 Tests; Munster, Connacht, Leicester) and coach (Ireland women), dies at 46
- Feb 25 Fred Miller, American football defensive tackle (Super Bowl 1970 Baltimore Colts; Pro Bowl 1967, 68, 69), dies at 82
- Feb 26 Alberto Mario González, Argentine soccer forward (19 caps; Unión Española Santiago, CA Boca Juniors, Atlanta Buenos Aires), dies at 81
- Feb 26 Bob Richards, American athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 1952, 56; bronze 1948), dies at 97
- Feb 26 Fred Shabel, American basketball coach (Connecticut Huskies 1963-67) and executive (AD University of Pennsylvania 1967-75; Comcast Spectacor), dies at 90
- Feb 26 Terry Holland, American college basketball coach (Davidson, Virginia) and athletics administrator (Davidson, Virginia, East Carolina), dies at 80
- Feb 26 Ziya Şengül, Turkish soccer defender (20 caps; Fenerbahçe SK, PTT Ankara), dies from organ failure at 82
- Feb 28 Brian O'Brien, Irish rugby union centre (3 Tests; Munster RFC) and selector (Ireland, British & Irish Lions), dies at 83
- Feb 28 Grant Turner, New Zealand soccer midfielder (42 caps; SC Stop Out, Gisborne City AFC), dies from cancer at 64
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