1969 in sports

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See also: 1968 in sports, other events of 1969, 1970 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

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Stock car racing:
LeeRoy Yarbrough won the Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship - David Pearson
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

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, six years after quipping, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run," hits the first and only 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.

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

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.

Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy
Tour de France - Eddy Merckx of Belgium
World Cycling Championship: Harm Ottenbros of Netherlands

World Figure Skating Championships:
Men's champion: Tim Wood, United States
Women's champion: Gabrielle Seyfert, Germany
*Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexej Ulanow, Soviet Union

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.

Kansas City Chiefs 17-7 Oakland Raiders for 1969 AFL championship.

Minnesota Vikings 27-7 Cleveland Browns for the 1969 NFL championship.

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)

Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders won 29-11 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Vanier Cup: Manitoba Bisons won 24-15 over the McGill Redmen

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

Men's Golf
Grand Slam of golf results:
#May - The Masters - George Archer
#June - US Open - Orville Moody
#July - British Open - Tony Jacklin
#August - 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.
Women's Golf
US Women's Open - Donna Caponi
LPGA Championship - Betsy Rawls
Carol Mann: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $49,152.

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:
#Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Right Tack
#Epsom Derby - Blakeney
#St. Leger Stakes - Intermezzo

United States Triple Crown Races:
#Kentucky Derby - Majestic Prince
#Preakness Stakes - Majestic Prince
#Belmont Stakes - Arts and Letters

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

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

Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season champion: Karl Schranz, Austria
The women's overall season champion: Gertrud Gabi, Austria

The World Snooker Championship reverts to a knockout format. John Spencer beats Gary Owen 37-24

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:
#Australian Open - Rod Laver (Australia)
#French Open - Rod Laver
#Wimbledon championships - Rod Laver
#US Open - Rod Laver

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
#Australian Open - Margaret Smith Court
#French Open - Margaret Smith Court
#Wimbledon championships - Ann Haydon Jones
#US Open - Margaret Smith Court

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.

Births

January

January 1 — Jane Smith, British field hockey international
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 15 — Roberto Balado, Cuban boxer
January 16 — Roy Jones Jr., US boxer
January 28 — Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer

February

February 1 — Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian football (soccer) player
February 3 — Retief Goosen, South African golfer
February 11 — Bryan Eversgerd, US baseball player
February 12 — Steve Backley, British athlete
February 12 — Hong Myung-Bo, South Korean football (soccer) player
February 16 — Fermín Cacho, Spanish athlete
February 17 — David Douillet, French judoka
February 22 — Brian Laudrup, Danish football (soccer) player

March

March 3 — Erik Hoftun, Norwegian football (soccer) player
March 3 — Jason Plummer, Australian freestyle swimmer
March 10 — Hany Ramzy, Egyptian football (soccer) defender
March 10 — Ximena Restrepo, Colombian track and field sprinter
March 15 — Marc Lammers, Dutch field hockey player and coach
March 17 — Domenic Figliomeni, Canadian boxer
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

April

April 1 — Arnaud Boetsch, French tennis player
April 3 — Danny Sapsford, British tennis player
April 4 — Jorge Julio Rocha, Colombian boxer
April 5 — Pontus Kåmark, Swedish football player
April 7 — Gary Anderson, Canadian medley swimmer
April 7 — Chris Garner, American tennis player
April 13 — Stefan Schwarz, Swedish football player
April 15 — Aleksandr Lebziak, Russian boxer
April 16 — Germán Burgos, Argentinian football goalkeeper
April 22 — Lindsey Carlisle, South African field hockey defender
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

May

May 2 — Brian Lara, West Indies cricketer
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 — Emmitt Smith, American football player
May 19 — David Wharton, American butterfly and medley swimmer
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

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 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 — Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete
June 20 — Paulo Bento, Portuguese football (soccer) player
June 20 — MaliVai Washington, American tennis player
June 26 — Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer

July

July 5 — John LeClair, American ice hockey player
July 7 — Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
July 13 — Shaun Greatbatch, English darts player
July 16 — Turlough O'Hare, Canadian freestyle swimmer
July 17 — Karin Brienesse, Dutch freestyle swimmer
July 23 — Stéphane Diagana, French athlete
July 25 — Artur Partyka, Polish high jumper
July 25 — Andrea Wieland, US field hockey goalkeeper

August

August 7 — Clement N'Goran, Côte d'Ivoire tennis player
August 14 — Stig Tøfting, Danish football (soccer) 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 31 — Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer

September

September 3 — Robert Karlsson, Swedish golf player
September 3 — Hidehiko Yoshida, Japanese judoka and MMA fighter
September 5 — Valery Belenky, Soviet gymnast
September 10 — Nicola Payne, New Zealand cricketer
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 29 — Hannah Fox, American female boxer

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 13 — Antonio González, Spanish field hockey player
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

November

November 1 — Charles Nkazamyampi, Burundian middle distance runner
November 4 — Kathrin Boron, German rower and four-times Olympic champion
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 27 — Hermán Gaviria, Colombian football (soccer) player (d. 2002)
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

December

December 1 — Choi Chol-Su, North Korean boxer
December 9 — Bixente Lizarazu, French football (soccer) 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 16 — Sergi Pedrerol, Spanish water polo player
December 19 — Carlos Retegui, Argentinian field hockey player
December 22 — Mats Lilienberg, Swedish football (soccer) player
December 22 — Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete
December 24 — Leavander Johnson, American boxing world champion (d. 2005)
December 30 — Jens Eriksen, Danish badminton player

Deaths

June 1 — Ivar Ballangrud (65), Norwegian speed skater (b. 1904)
June 21 — Maureen Connolly (34), American tennis player, first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis (b. 1934)
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)

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