1969 in sports
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| Years in sports: | 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s |
| Years: | 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
[edit] Athletics
[edit] Marathon
- August 16 —
Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
- Men's Winner: Kazuo Matsubara (JPN) 2:19:29
- September 21 —
European Championships Marathon, Athens, Greece
- Men's Winner: Ron Hill (ENG) 2:16:48
- December 7 —
Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
- Men's Winner: Jerome Drayton (CAN) 2:11:13
[edit] Auto Racing
- Stock car racing:
- Indianapolis 500 - Mario Andretti
- USAC Racing - Mario Andretti won the season championship
- Formula One Championship - Jackie Stewart of Great Britain driving a Matra
- 24 hours of Le Mans:
- Jacky Ickx / Jackie Oliver won driving a Ford GT-40
- Rally racing - the team of Bjorn Waldegard / Lars Helmer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Porsche 911S
- Drag racing:
- Don Prudhomme won the NHRA,s "Top Fuel" championship
- Steve Carbone won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals
[edit] Baseball
- March 1: Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees announces his retirement.
- April 14: Montreal Expos outfielder Mack Jones hit a three-run home run and two-run triple that highlighted an 8-7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the Expos' first home victory as a franchise at Jarry Park. Jones' blast was also the first MLB home run hit outside the United States.
- July 20: San Francisco Giants pitcher Gaylord Perry, some six years after his manager quipped, "They'll put a man on the moon before he hits a home run," hits the first home run of his career just hours after Neil Armstrong lands on the moon.
- World Series: the New York Mets win 4 games to 1 over the Baltimore Orioles.
[edit] Basketball
- NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
- UCLA wins 92-72 over Purdue
- NBA Finals:
- Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers
- 1969 ABA Finals:
- Oakland Oaks defeat Indiana Pacers 4 games to 1
[edit] Boxing
- June 23 - Joe Frazier scored a 7th round TKO over Jerry Quarry.
- October 18 - Jose Napoles retained the World Welterweight Championship in a 15 round decision over Emile Griffith.
[edit] Cycling
- Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
- Tour de France - Eddy Merckx of Belgium
- World Cycling Championship: Harm Ottenbros of Netherlands
[edit] Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Tim Wood, United States
- Ladies' champion: Gabrielle Seyfert, Germany
- Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov, Soviet Union
- Ice dancing champions: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford, Great Britain
[edit] Football (American)
- January 12 - The American Football League New York Jets upset the NFL's heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III by a score of 16-7, after quarterback Joe Namath "guaranteed" a victory.
- September 28 - Minnesota Vikings' Quarterback Joe Kapp became the last player to throw seven touchdowns in a single game.
- Kansas City Chiefs 17-7 Oakland Raiders for 1969 AFL championship.
- Minnesota Vikings 27-7 Cleveland Browns for the 1969 NFL championship.
November 22, 1969 College Football *Michigan upsets #1 ranked *Ohio State 24-12 sending Michigan to the Rose Bowl
[edit] Football (Australian rules football)
- Victorian Football League
- Richmond wins the 73rd VFL Premiership (Richmond 12.13 (85) d Carlton 8.12 (60))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)
[edit] Football (Canadian)
- Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders won 29-11 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
- Vanier Cup: Manitoba Bisons won 24-15 over the McGill Redmen
[edit] Football (Soccer)
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- For an extensive coverage see 1969 in football (soccer)
- September 26: the Bolivian soccer team is killed in a plane crash near La Paz, Bolivia
- European Cup: A.C. Milan 4 - 1 AFC Ajax
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: Newcastle United beat Ujpest 6-2 on aggregate
- England - First Division Champions: Leeds
- England - FA Cup: Manchester City won 1-0 over Leicester City
- Germany - Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
- Italy - Serie A: Fiorentina
- Scotland - First Division Champions: Celtic
- Scotland - FA Cup: Celtic won 4-0 over Rangers
- Spain - La Liga: Real Madrid
[edit] Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- April 10-13 - The Masters - George Archer
- June 12-15 - US Open - Orville Moody
- July 9-12 - British Open - Tony Jacklin
- August 14-17 - PGA Championship - Ray Floyd
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Frank Beard - $164,707
- Ryder Cup: United States and Britain tied 16 all in world team golf.
- US Women's Open - Donna Caponi
- LPGA Championship - Betsy Rawls
- Carol Mann: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $49,152.
[edit] Thoroughbred Horse Racing
- February 11 - Diana Crump becomes 1st American woman jockey to ride against men.
- February 22 - Barbara Jo Rubin wins a United States thoroughbred horse race making history as the first women to do so.
- Australia - Melbourne Cup - Rain Lover
- Canada - Queen's Plate - Jumpin Joseph
- France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Levmoss
- Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Prince Regent
- English Triple Crown Races:
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Right Tack
- Epsom Derby - Blakeney
- St. Leger Stakes - Intermezzo
[edit] Harness Racing
- United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
- Cane Pace - Kat Byrd
- Little Brown Jug - Laverne Hanover
- Messenger Stakes - Bye Bye Sam
- Lindy's Pride won the United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
- Hambletonian - Lindy's Pride
- Yonkers Trot - Lindy's Pride
- Kentucky Futurity - Lindy's Pride
- Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
- Pacers: Richmond Lass
[edit] Ice Hockey
- Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
- Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Phil Esposito, Boston Bruins
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens won 4 games to 0 over the St. Louis Blues
- World Hockey Championship
- Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
- NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship: University of Denver Pioneers defeat Cornell University Big Red 4-3 in Colorado Springs, CO
[edit] Skiing
- Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Karl Schranz, Austria
- The women's overall season champion: Gertrud Gabi, Austria
[edit] Snooker
- The World Snooker Championship reverts to a knockout format. John Spencer beats Gary Owen 37-24
[edit] Tennis
- Australian Rod Laver, one of only two men to ever win the Grand Slam in tennis wins it for the second time.
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- Davis Cup: United States wins 5-0 over Romania in world tennis.
- Australian Rod Laver completes his second Grand Slam and the fourth in the history of tennis.
[edit] Awards
- ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: Mario Andretti, race car driver
- Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Tom Seaver, Major League Baseball
- Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: Debbie Meyer, Swimming
[edit] Births
[edit] January
- January 1 — Alessandro Bovo, Italian water polo player
- January 1 — Jane Smith, British field hockey international
- January 2 — István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter
- January 2 — Stephen Davies, Australian field hockey player
- January 2 — Tommy Morrison, American heavyweight boxing champion
- January 3 — Michael Schumacher, German Formula One driver
- January 10 — Guylaine Cloutier, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
- January 11 — Andrew Griffiths, Canadian field hockey player
- January 11 — Irek Zinnourov, Russian water polo player
- January 12 — Robert Prosinečki, Croatian football (soccer) player
- January 13 — Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
- January 13 — Jyri Kjäll, Finnish boxer
- January 15 — Roberto Balado, Cuban boxer (d. 1994)
- January 15 — Marsha Miller, American beach volleyball player
- January 15 — Ernesto Rodríguez, Argentinian-Spanish volleyball player
- January 16 — Roy Jones Jr., American boxer
- January 20 — Darren Braithwaite, British sprinter
- January 22 — Ekaterina Anikeeva, Russian water polo player
- January 22 — Svetlana Moskalets, Russian heptathlete
- January 23 — Susen Tiedtke, German long jumper
- January 23 — Danielle Woodhouse, Australian water polo player
- January 28 — Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer
[edit] February
- February 1 — Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian football (soccer) player
- February 3 — Retief Goosen, South African golfer
- February 8 — Marco Villa, Italian road bicycle and track cyclist
- February 11 — Bryan Eversgerd, US baseball player
- February 12 — Steve Backley, British athlete
- February 12 — Hong Myung-Bo, South Korean football (soccer) player
- February 13 — Patricia Amorim, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- February 16 — Fermín Cacho, Spanish athlete
- February 16 — Claude Lambert, Canadian boxer
- February 17 — David Douillet, French judoka
- February 22 — Brian Laudrup, Danish football (soccer) player
- February 22 — Wander Moura, Brazilian track and field athlete
- February 22 — Kathy Tough, Canadian volleyball player
- February 27 — Toshiyuki Kuroiwa, Japanese ice speed skater
[edit] March
- March 1 — Djamel Lifa, French boxer
- March 1 — József Szabó, Hungarian breaststroke swimmer
- March 2 — Oleg Maskaev, Russian-American boxer
- March 3 — Erik Hoftun, Norwegian football (soccer) player
- March 3 — Jason Plummer, Australian freestyle swimmer
- March 6 — Antonio Cermeño, Venezuelan boxer
- March 6 — Tahir Zaman, Pakistani field hockey player and coach
- March 7 — Todd Williams, American long-distance runner
- March 9 — Maarten van der Linden, Dutch rower
- March 10 — Hany Ramzy, Egyptian football (soccer) defender
- March 10 — Ximena Restrepo, Colombian track and field sprinter
- March 13 — Michele Pasinato, Italian volleyball player
- March 14 — Axel Hager, German beach volleyball player
- March 15 — Marc Lammers, Dutch field hockey player and coach
- March 16 — Juan Hernández Sierra, Cuban boxer
- March 16 — Alina Ivanova, Russian race walker and long-distance runner
- March 17 — Domenic Figliomeni, Canadian boxer
- March 17 — Alison Forman, Australian football (soccer) midfielder
- March 18 — Sheila Taormina, American swimmer and triathlete
- March 20 — Caroline Brunet, Canadian kayaker
- March 20 — Fabien Galthié, French rugby player
- March 20 — Karen Smithies, English cricketer
- March 23 — Juan Escarré, Spanish field hockey player
- March 24 — Stefan Eberharter, Austrian alpine skier
- March 28 — Márcia Narloch, Brazilian marathon runner
[edit] April
- April 1 — Arnaud Boetsch, French tennis player
- April 2 — Jonas Schön, Swedish ice speed skater
- April 3 — Danny Sapsford, British tennis player
- April 4 — Jorge Julio Rocha, Colombian boxer
- April 5 — Pontus Kåmark, Swedish football player
- April 6 — Dmitriy Polyunin, Uzbekistani javelin thrower
- April 7 — Gary Anderson, Canadian medley swimmer
- April 7 — Chris Garner, American tennis player
- April 9 — Sarah Hardcastle, British freestyle swimmer
- April 10 — Ramón Jiménez Gaona, Paraguayan discus thrower
- April 12 — Francisco Alvarez, Cuban beach volleyball player
- April 13 — Stefan Schwarz, Swedish football player
- April 14 — Luc Van Lierde, Belgian triathlete
- April 15 — Aleksandr Lebziak, Russian boxer
- April 16 — Germán Burgos, Argentinian football goalkeeper
- April 17 — Eeke van Nes, Dutch rower
- April 22 — Lindsey Carlisle, South African field hockey defender
- April 23 — Martin López-Zubero, Spanish-American backstroke swimmer
- April 24 — David Luckes, English field hockey goalkeeper
- April 25 — Jo Chamberlain, English cricketer
- April 25 — Jon Olsen, American freestyle swimmer
- April 27 — Brett Steven, New Zealand tennis player
- April 29 — Paulão Moreira, Brazilian beach volleyball player
[edit] May
- May 1 — Cintha Boersma, Dutch volleyball player
- May 2 — Brian Lara, West Indies cricketer
- May 4 — Yelena Dendeberova, Soviet medley swimmer
- May 5 — Bryan Ivie, American volleyball player
- May 6 — Raymond Brown, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- May 7 — Melanie Valerio, American swimmer
- May 8 — Fabrice Tiozzo, French boxer
- May 10 — Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch football player
- May 15 — Mark Jackson, Canadian hurdler
- May 15 — Emmitt Smith, American football player
- May 19 — Rochelle Low, Canadian field hockey player
- May 19 — David Wharton, American butterfly and medley swimmer
- May 22 — Yoto Yotov, Bulgarian/Croatian weightlifter
- May 23 — Ashley Carey, Australian field hockey player
- May 30 — Albertino Essers, Dutch darts player
- May 30 — Koen Pijpers, Dutch field hockey player and coach
- May 31 — Rikkert Faneyte, Dutch Major League Baseball player
- May 31 — Juliet Haslam, Australian field hockey defender
[edit] June
- June 2 — David Wheaton, American tennis player
- June 7 — Arie van de Bunt, Dutch water polo goalkeeper
- June 8 — Laurel Martin, American field hockey player
- June 9 — Timo Tompuri, Finnish discus thrower
- June 11 — Javier Bosma, Spanish volleyball player
- June 13 — Joseph Keter, Kenyan athlete
- June 14 — Steffi Graf, German tennis player
- June 15 — Oliver Kahn, German football goalkeeper
- June 15 — Cédric Pioline, French tennis player
- June 17 — Tanja Dickenscheid, German field hockey player
- June 17 — Donata Jancewicz, Polish high jumper
- June 17 — Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete
- June 17 — Christer Wallin, Swedish freestyle swimmer
- June 18 — Anísio Silva, Brazilian triple jumper
- June 20 — Paulo Bento, Portuguese football (soccer) player
- June 20 — MaliVai Washington, American tennis player
- June 26 — Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer
- June 30 — Mark Garner, Australian track and field sprinter
- June 30 — Prikeba Phipps, American volleyball player
[edit] July
- July 1 — Mabel Mosquera, Colombian weightlifter
- July 5 — John LeClair, American ice hockey player
- July 7 — Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
- July 8 — Lisa Arce, American beach volleyball player
- July 13 — Shaun Greatbatch, English darts player
- July 13 — Luis Rodríguez, Puerto Rican volleyball player
- July 16 — Turlough O'Hare, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- July 17 — Karin Brienesse, Dutch freestyle swimmer
- July 17 — Laurelee Kopeck, Canadian field hockey defender
- July 20 — Madelein Svensson, Swedish race walker
- July 23 — Stéphane Diagana, French athlete
- July 25 — Artur Partyka, Polish high jumper
- July 25 — Andrea Wieland, US field hockey goalkeeper
- July 27 — María del Carmen García, Cuban high jumper
- July 28 — Jaimie Dawson, Canadian badminton player
[edit] August
- August 6 — José Luis Ballester, Spanish butterfly swimmer
- August 7 — Khalid Boulami, Moroccan long-distance runner
- August 7 — Clement N'Goran, Côte d'Ivoire tennis player
- August 9 — Chie Tsuji, Japanese volleyball player
- August 13 — Giacobbe Fragomeni, Italian boxer
- August 14 — Stig Tøfting, Danish football (soccer) player
- August 15 — Mario González, Mexican boxer
- August 16 — Carl Henkel, American beach volleyball player
- August 23 — Hari Kant, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
- August 26 — Nicole Arendt, American tennis player
- August 27 — Mark Ealham, English cricketer
- August 28 — Joakim Haeggman, Swedish golf player
- August 28 — Anke Möhring, East German freestyle swimmer
- August 31 — Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer
[edit] September
- September 3 — Robert Karlsson, Swedish golf player
- September 3 — Hidehiko Yoshida, Japanese judoka and MMA fighter
- September 5 — Valery Belenky, Soviet gymnast
- September 5 — Silvia Parera, Spanish medley and breaststroke
- September 6 — Doug Pirini, New Zealand decathlete
- September 10 — Nicola Payne, New Zealand cricketer
- September 12 — Angel Cabrera, Argentine golfer
- September 12 — Arvis Piziks, Latvian road bicycle racer
- September 13 — Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
- September 19 — Kostya Tszyu, Russian born boxer of Korean origin
- September 20 — Jennifer Turner, New Zealand cricket player
- September 20 — Richard Witschge, Dutch football (soccer) midfielder
- September 23 — Juan Dinarés, Spanish field hockey player
- September 23 — Michael Rich, German cyclist
- September 25 — Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
- September 28 — Marcel Dost, Dutch decathlete
- September 29 — Hannah Fox, American female boxer
- September 30 — Gilmar Mayo, Colombian high jumper
[edit] October
- October 2 — Luis Villalta, Peruvian boxer (d. 2004)
- October 10 — Brett Favre, American football player
- October 10 — Christian Tröger, German swimmer
- October 11 — Jury Chechi, Italian gymnast
- October 11 — Ty Murray, American rodeo performer
- October 13 — Antonio González, Spanish field hockey player
- October 16 — Stephanie Best, American track and field athlete
- October 17 — Ernie Els, South African golfer
- October 19 — Erwin Sánchez, Bolivian football (soccer) player
- October 20 — Dariusz Adamczuk, Polish football (soccer) player
- October 20 — Guillermo Perez-Roldan, Argentine tennis player
- October 22 — Owen Casey, Irish tennis player
- October 29 — Dougie Brown, Scottish cricketer
[edit] November
- November 1 — Charles Nkazamyampi, Burundian middle distance runner
- November 1 — Jill Reeve, American field hockey defender
- November 2 — Jenny Gal, Dutch-Italian judoka
- November 3 — Oleg Tverdokhleb, Ukrainian athlete (d. 1995)
- November 4 — Kathrin Boron, German rower and four-times Olympic champion
- November 4 — Sergio Rey, Spanish boxer
- November 7 — Tanya Dubnicoff, Canadian track cyclist
- November 15 — Helen Kelesi, Canadian tennis player
- November 17 — Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player
- November 19 — Igor Pamić, Croatian football (soccer) player
- November 22 — Rogério Romero, Brazilian backstroke swimmer
- November 26 — Vadim Khamuttskikh, Russian volleyball player
- November 27 — Hermán Gaviria, Colombian football (soccer) player (d. 2002)
- November 27 — Ike Quartey, Ghanaian boxer
- November 29 — Tomas Brolin, Swedish football (soccer) player
- November 29 — Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch football (soccer) player
- November 30 — Trina Gulliver, English female darts player
[edit] December
- December 1 — Choi Chol-Su, North Korean boxer
- December 3 — Sandro Casamonica, Italian boxer
- December 4 — Jacques Landry, Canadian cyclist
- December 7 — James Murray, Scottish boxer (d. 1995)
- December 9 — Bixente Lizarazu, French football (soccer) player
- December 10 — Lorenza Vigarani, Italian backstroke swimmer
- December 12 — Christian Meyer, German track cyclist
- December 12 — Iain Sydie, Canadian badminton player
- December 12 — Debra Wurzburger, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- December 13 — Sonia Barrio, Spanish field hockey player
- December 13 — Sergei Fedorov, Russian ice hockey player
- December 13 — Ibou Faye, Senegalese athlete
- December 14 — Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- December 15 — Adam Setliff, American discus thrower
- December 16 — Sergi Pedrerol, Spanish water polo player
- December 17 — Marc Davis, American middle-distance runner
- December 19 — Carlos Retegui, Argentinian field hockey player
- December 20 — Arlene Xavier, Brazilian volleyball player
- December 22 — Mats Lilienberg, Swedish football (soccer) player
- December 22 — Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete
- December 23 — Rob Pelinka, American sports agent
- December 24 — Leavander Johnson, American boxing world champion (d. 2005)
- December 28 — Juan Rossell, Cuban beach volleyball player
- December 29 — Dagmar Hase, German swimmer
- December 30 — Jens Eriksen, Danish badminton player
[edit] Deaths
- February 9 — Manuel Plaza (68), Chilean marathon runner (b. 1900)
- May 14 — Frederick Lane (89), Australian swimmer (b. 1880)
- June 1 — Ivar Ballangrud (65), Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
- June 6 — Rafael Osuna, Mexican Tennis Player, in an airplane crash.
- June 21 — Maureen Connolly (34), American tennis player, first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis (b. 1934)
- July 27 — Moises Solana, Mexican Race Car Driver in a racing accident.
- August 31 — Rocky Marciano (45), Italian-American World Heavyweight boxing champion (b. 1923)
- September 6 — Arthur Friedenreich, (77), Brazilian football (soccer) player (b. 1892)
- October 12 — Sonja Henie (57), Norwegian figure skater (b. 1912)
