- Feb 1 French sisters Christine Goitschel (gold) and Marielle Goitschel (silver) become first female siblings to win Olympic gold and silver in the same event when they dominate the slalom in Innsbruck
Baseball Hall of Fame
Feb 2 Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, & Miller Huggins
- Feb 2 Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating
- Feb 3 French sisters Marielle Goitschel (gold) and Christine Goitschel (silver) repeat (in reverse order) their top-2 finish in the slalom 2 days earlier, in the giant slalom at the Innsbruck Winter Olympics
- Feb 9 IX Winter Olympic Games close in Innsbruck, Austria
Cricket History
Feb 12 End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test cricket career in drawn 5th Test v South Africa in Sydney
Sports History
Feb 12 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
College Basketball
Feb 15 Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton
- Feb 17 101st member elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, Chicago White Sox shortstop Luke Appling
Daytona 500
Feb 23 6th Daytona 500: Race winner Richard Petty leads for record 184 of the 200 laps
- Feb 23 Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep MLB A's in Kansas City
Boxing Title Fight
Feb 25 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] wins his first world heavyweight boxing title when Sonny Liston fails to come out for round 7 at the Convention Center, Miami Beach
World Record
Feb 29 Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser records the fastest 100m freestyle of her brilliant career; smashes her own world record 58.9s in Sydney; goes on to win her 3rd straight gold in the event at the Tokyo Olympics
Sports History
Feb 29 Cincinnati's Jerry Lucas and Oscar Robertson combine for a rare 40-40 performance as the Royals beat host Philadelphia 76ers, 117-114; NBA MVP Robertson has 43 points; Rookie of the Year Lucas, 40 rebounds
- Feb 29 NC high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime
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