1969 in sports

1969 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

Alpine Skiing World Cup:
- Men's overall champion: Karl Schranz, Austria
- Women's overall champion: Gertrud Gabl, Austria

Super Bowl III: the New York Jets (AFL) won 16−7 over the Baltimore Colts (NFL)
- Location: Miami Orange Bowl
- Attendance: 75,389
- MVP: Joe Namath, QB (New York)
- Game note: Super Bowl is remembered for New York quarterback Joe Namath "guaranteeing" a victory.
Rose Bowl (1968 season)
- The Ohio State Buckeyes won 27–16 over the Southern California Trojans to win the college football national championship
College football's centennial year was marked by racial strife.^[1]
September 28 – Minnesota Vikings' Quarterback Joe Kapp became the last player to throw seven touchdowns in a single game.
November 22 – College Football – Michigan upsets #1 ranked Ohio State 24-12 sending Michigan to the Rose Bowl
December 6 – College Football – #1 Texas beats #2 Arkansas 15–14 in the then Game of the Century. Texas would remain #1 for the rest of the season and were the AP 1969 National Champions following their Cotton Bowl win.

September 26 – the Bolivian soccer team is killed in a plane crash near La Paz, Bolivia
European Cup – A.C. Milan 4–1 Ajax
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – Newcastle United defeat Újpesti Dózsa 6–2 on aggregate
England – First Division Champions: Leeds United
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
Ecuador – Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: LDU Quito

Victorian Football League
- April 12: Carlton become the first team to score 200 points in a VFL match when they kick 30.30 (210) to Hawthorn 12.10 (82). Alex Jesaulenko kicks 6.12 (48).
- Richmond wins the 73rd VFL Premiership (Richmond 12.13 (85) d Carlton 8.12 (60))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Kevin Murray (Fitzroy)

The American League expands to 12 teams, adding the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots, and the National League expands to 12 teams, adding the Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres.
Due to expansion, Major League Baseball creates four divisions, with two in each league.
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.

June 23 – Joe Frazier scored a 7th-round TKO over Jerry Quarry.
August 26 – José Nápoles retained the World Welterweight Championship in a 15-round decision over Emile Griffith.
August 31 – death of Rocky Marciano (45), Italian-American World Heavyweight boxing champion, in an air crash

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.

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

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

February 11 – Diana Crump becomes first woman jockey to ride against men in USA racing
February 22 – Barbara Jo Rubin becomes the first female winner of a USA race

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