1969 IN SPORTS

==Athletics

Contents

Awards

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

=Marathon===

★ August 16 — Enschede Marathon, Netherlands

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★ Men's Winner: Kazuo Matsubara (JPN) 2:19:29

★ September 21 — European Championships Marathon, Athens, Greece

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★ Men's Winner: Ron Hill (ENG) 2:16:48

★ December 7 — Fukuoka Marathon, Japan

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★ Men's Winner: Jerome Drayton (CAN) 2:11:13
==Auto Racing==

★ Stock car racing:

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★ LeeRoy Yarbrough won the Daytona 500

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★ 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:

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★ 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:

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★ Don Prudhomme won the NHRA,s "Top Fuel" championship

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★ Steve Carbone won "Top Fuel" at the NHRA World Finals
==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.
==Basketball==

★ NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:

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★ UCLA wins 92-72 over Purdue

★ NBA Finals:

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★ Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers
==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.
==Cycling==

★ Giro d'Italia won by Felice Gimondi of Italy

★ Tour de France - Eddy Merckx of Belgium

★ World Cycling Championship: Harm Ottenbros of Netherlands
==Figure skating==

★ World Figure Skating Championships:

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★ Men's champion: Tim Wood, United States

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★ Ladies' champion: Gabrielle Seyfert, Germany

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★ Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov, Soviet Union

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★ Ice dancing champions: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford, Great Britain
==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
==Football (Australian rules football)==

★ Victorian Football League

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★ Richmond wins the 73rd VFL Premiership (Richmond 12.13 (85) d Carlton 8.12 (60))

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★ Brownlow Medal awarded to Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)
==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
==Football (Soccer)==
::''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
==Golf==
Men's Golf

★ Grand Slam of golf results:

★ #April - 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.
==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:

★ #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
==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:

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★ Pacers: Richmond Lass
==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

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★ 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
==Skiing==

★ Alpine Skiing

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★ The men's overall season champion: Karl Schranz, Austria

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★ The women's overall season champion: Gertrud Gabi, Austria
==Snooker==

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

★ #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.

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

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 13 — Jyri Kjäll, Finnish boxer

★ January 15 — Roberto Balado, Cuban boxer (d. 1994)

★ January 15 — Marsha Miller, American beach volleyball player

★ January 16 — Roy Jones Jr., American boxer

★ January 28 — Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer

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 27 — Toshiyuki Kuroiwa, Japanese ice speed skater

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 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 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 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

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 7 — Gary Anderson, Canadian medley swimmer

★ April 7 — Chris Garner, American tennis player

★ April 9 — Sarah Hardcastle, British freestyle swimmer

★ 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

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 — Emmitt Smith, American football player

★ May 19 — Rochelle Low, Canadian field hockey 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

★ May 31 — Rikkert Faneyte, Dutch Major League Baseball player

★ May 31 — Juliet Haslam, Australian field hockey defender

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 — Tanja Dickenscheid, German field hockey player

★ June 17 — Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete

★ June 17 — Christer Wallin, Swedish freestyle swimmer

★ 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 17 — Laurelee Kopeck, Canadian field hockey defender

★ July 23 — Stéphane Diagana, French athlete

★ July 25 — Artur Partyka, Polish high jumper

★ July 25 — Andrea Wieland, US field hockey goalkeeper

★ July 28 — Jaimie Dawson, Canadian badminton player

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 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

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

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 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 1 — Jill Reeve, American field hockey defender

★ November 2 — Jenny Gal, Dutch-Italian judoka

★ 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 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

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 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 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 28 — Juan Rossell, Cuban beach volleyball player

★ December 29 — Dagmar Hase, German swimmer

★ December 30 — Jens Eriksen, Danish badminton player

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 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)