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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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
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, 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.
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
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:
- Men's champion: Tim Wood, United States
- Women's champion: Gabrielle Seyfert, Germany
- Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexej Ulanow, Soviet Union
Football (American)
- January 12 - The American Football League New York Jets upset the NFL's heavily favored Baltimore Colts in the Third AFL-NFL World Championship of Professional Football by a score of 16-7, after quarterback Joe Namath "guaranteed" a victory. It was the first World Championship Game victory by an American Football League team.
- Kansas City Chiefs 17-7 Oakland Raiders for 1969 AFL championship.
- Minnesota Vikings 27-7 Cleveland Browns for the 1969 NFL championship.
Football (Australian Rules)
- 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)
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)
- September 26: the Bolivian soccer team is killed in a plane crash near La Paz, Bolivia
- England - First Division Champions: Leeds
- England - FA Cup: Manchester City won 1-0 over Leicester City
- Scotland - First Division Champions: Celtic
- Scotland - FA Cup: Celtic won 4-0 over Rangers
Golf
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- 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.
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
Harness Racing
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
Skiing
- Alpine Skiing
- The men's overall season champion: Karl Schranz, Austria
- 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:
- 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.
General sporting events
Births
- January 3 - Michael Schumacher, Formula One driver
- January 16 - Roy Jones Jr., boxer
- February 1 - Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine football player
- February 3 - Retief Goosen, South African golfer
- February 11 - Bryan Eversgerd US baseball player
- February 12 - Hong Myung-Bo, South Korean football player
- March 20 - Karen Smithies, English cricketer.
- April 25 - Jo Chamberlain, English cricketer.
- May 2 - Brian Lara, West Indies cricketer
- May 15 - Emmitt Smith, American football player
- June 14 - Steffi Graf, German tennis player
- June 15 - Oliver Kahn, German football goalkeeper
- July 25 - Andrea Wieland, US field hockey goalkeeper
- August 31 - Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer
- September 10 - Nicola Payne, New Zealand cricketer
- September 13 - Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
- September 20 - Jennifer Turner, New Zealand cricket player
- September 25 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (+2002)
- October 10 - Brett Favre, American football player
- October 17 - Ernie Els, South African golfer
Deaths
- June 21 - Maureen Connolly 34, first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis
- August 31 - Rocky Marciano 45, former World Heavyweight boxing champion; died in a plane crash
- October 12 - Sonja Henie, Olympic and World Champion figure skaterfr:1969 en sport