1969 in sports

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This Source

Athletics

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

Auto Racing

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

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:

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

Boxing

June 23 - Joe Frazier scored a 7th round TKO over Jerry Quarry.

August 26 - Jose Napoles retained the World Welterweight Championship in a 15 round decision over Emile Griffith.

Cricket

February 20 - Australia defeat the West Indies at Sydney in the Fifth Test Match to win the series 3-1

March 8 Rioting stops the final match of England's tour of Pakistan on the third day. The match is abandoned and the series drawn.

July 15 - England defeat the West Indies at Headingley in the Third Test Match to win the series 2-0

August 26 - England defeat New Zealand at The Oval in the Third Test Match to win the series 2-0

Learie Constantine becomes the first cricketer and the first person of Afro-Caribbean descent to be given a life peerage.

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
Ladies' champion: Gabrielle Seyfert, Germany
Pair skating champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexei Ulanov, Soviet Union
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

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)

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 professional

April 10-13 - Masters Tournament - George Archer
June 12-15 - U.S. Open - Orville Moody
July 9-12 - British Open - Tony Jacklin
August 14-17 - PGA Championship - Raymond Floyd
PGA Tour money leader - Frank Beard - $164,707
Ryder Cup - United States and Britain tied 16 all in team golf.

Men's amateur

Women's professional

LPGA Championship - Betsy Rawls
U.S. Women's Open - Donna Caponi
Titleholders Championship - not played
LPGA Tour money leader - Carol Mann - $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:

United States Triple Crown Races:

Harness Racing

United States Pacing Triple Crown races:

Lindy's Pride won the United States Trotting Triple Crown races:

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:

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

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

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.

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 — 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 22 — Shelley Sandie, Australian basketball player
January 23 — Susen Tiedtke, German long jumper
January 23 — Danielle Woodhouse, Australian water polo player
January 28 — Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer

February

February 1 — Gabriel Batistuta, Argentinian football (soccer) player
February 3 — Retief Goosen, South African golfer
February 7 — Fiona Robinson, Australian basketball and handball player
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

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

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 — Debora Schoon-Kadijk, Dutch beach volleyball 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 20 — Cécile Rigaux, French beach volleyball player
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

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

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

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

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 22 — Jens Larsen, Danish volleyball player and coach
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 1 — Norihiko Miyazaki, Japanese volleyball player
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 — Ángel 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

October

October 2 — Luis Villalta, Peruvian boxer (d. 2004)
October 6 — Takashi Narita, Japanese volleyball player
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

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 — Francisc Vaştag, Hungarian-Romanian boxer
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

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 15 — Jesús Guevara, Venezuelan heavyweight boxer
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

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)

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia © 2001-2006 Wikipedia contributors (Disclaimer)
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Wednesday July 23, 2008 at 12:41:35 PDT (GMT -0700)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation