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Events in Sports History in February 1991

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  • Feb 1 Australian cricket fast bowler Craig McDermott sets up a 9 wicket, 5th Test win over England with a career best 8-97 in Perth
  • Feb 3 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 23-21; MVP: Jim Kelly, Buffalo Bills, QB

Rose Barred

Feb 4 Baseball's Hall of Fame board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose, due to his betting on games while a player and manager

MLB Player and Manager Pete Rose

Record 467 Stand

Feb 4 NZ cricketers Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make a world record 467 run stand, against Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in Wellington

Cricketer Martin Crowe

Stern Kisses Marshall

Feb 5 Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall's ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Super Bowl

Radio Shock Jock Howard Stern
  • Feb 5 LA King Dave Taylor becomes 29th NHler to score 1000 points

NBA Hall of Fame

Feb 7 Bob Knight, Larry O'Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame

NBA Center and Head Coach Dave Cowens

Clemens Signs Contract

Feb 8 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract

MLB Pitching Legend Roger Clemens
  • Feb 9 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5k (6:41:73)

Norris vs. Leonard

Feb 9 Terry Norris knocks down Sugar Ray Leonard twice and beats him to defend his WBC Super Welterweight title

Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard

41st NBA All-Star Game

Feb 10 41st NBA All-Star Game, Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC: East beats West, 116-114; Charles Barkley, Philadelphia 76ers, F

NBA Power Forward Charles Barkley
  • Feb 15 Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117

Sports History

Feb 16 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding

Figure Skater Tonya Harding
  • Feb 17 33rd Daytona 500: Ernie Irvan, driving for Morgan-McClure Motorsports coasts to win after challengers crash on finals laps

Sports History

Feb 17 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge

Figure Skater Todd Eldredge

Sports History

Feb 18 Edmonton Oiler goalie Grant Fuhr returns to NHL after season-long suspension for substance abuse & shuts out NJ Devils 4-0

NHL Goalie Grant Fuhr

Cricket Debut

Feb 22 Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton

Cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya
  • Feb 23 NC is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games
  • Feb 24 End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft
  • Feb 25 Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons v Sri Lanka (122 & 100*)

Sports History

Feb 25 Businessman Bruce McNall, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and actor John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts

Ice Hockey Great Wayne Gretzky
Actor and Comedian John Candy
  • Feb 26 Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102)

Baseball Hall of Fame

Feb 26 Bill Veeck & Tony Lazzeri elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

MLB Team Owner and Promoter Bill Veeck
Baseball Player Tony Lazzeri
  • Feb 26 NY-NJ Knights (WLAF) players 1st come together

Sports History

Feb 28 New York Yankees Don Mattingly named 10th team captain

Baseball Player and Manager Don Mattingly



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