Events in Sports History in February 1951

  • Feb 3 Dick Button wins US skating title for 6th time
  • Feb 3 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle

Browns Sign Paige

Feb 9 St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, 45

Sports History

Feb 14 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title

Sports History

Feb 17 Detroit right wing Gordie Howe scores his 100th career NHL goal and adds an assist in a 2-1 Red Wings' victory over the Canadiens, in Montreal, Quebec

  • Feb 18 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes
  • Feb 21 South Carolina House of Representatives urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated by Major League Baseball