Events in Sport for Year 1969

Months in Year 1969: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 1st - Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's LA Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee
Jan 2nd - "Soviet Sport" calls Emile Zatopek a public enemy
Jan 12th - Superbowl III: NY Jets beat Balt Colts, 16-7 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB
Jan 19th - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25
Jan 19th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
Jan 19th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7
Jan 21st - 22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montreal
Jan 22nd - Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 28th - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America
Feb 2nd - Stan Coveleski & Waite Hoyt are voted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Feb 4th - 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost
Feb 4th - John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders
Feb 5th - Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vp, gm & head coach of Redskins
Feb 7th - Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah)
Feb 10th - LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94
Feb 11th - Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
Feb 21st - Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Wash Senators
Feb 22nd - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major US track
Feb 25th - Pension plan for baseball is agreed to
Mar 1st - NY Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires
Mar 2nd - Phil Esposito becomes 1st NHL Player to score 100 points in a season
Mar 14th - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
Mar 14th - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI v NZ
Mar 16th - Boston Bruins scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
Mar 17th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open
Mar 22nd - 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72 UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years
Mar 23rd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Charlotte Golf Invitational
Mar 30th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational
Apr 1st - Seattle Pilots trade Minor League outfielder Lou Piniella to Royals
Apr 2nd - Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor)
Apr 7th - Dodgers' Bill Singer is credited with 1st official save, against Reds
Apr 7th - Ted Williams begins managing Wash Senators, they lose to Yanks 8-4
Apr 8th - 1st Baseball game in Canada - Mont Expos beats NY Mets 10-9
Apr 8th - Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres & Pilots win their 1st games
Apr 9th - Chic Cub Billy Williams hits 4 consecutive doubles beat Phillies 11-3
Apr 12th - Simon & Garfunkel releases "Boxer"
Apr 13th - 33rd Golf Masters Championship: George Archer wins, shooting a 281
Apr 14th - 1st major league baseball game outside US played (Montreal Canada)
Apr 17th - Mont Expos Bill Stoneman no-hits Phillies, 7-0
Apr 20th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
Apr 21st - 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49
Apr 22nd - Joe Frazier KOs Dave Zyglewick in 1 for Heavyweight boxing title
Apr 22nd - Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing
Apr 23rd - LA Laker Jerry West scores 53 points
Apr 27th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
Apr 30th - Cin Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0
May 1st - Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0
May 1st - Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000
May 3rd - 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8
May 4th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
May 4th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games
May 5th - 23rd NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
May 7th - 2nd ABA championship: Oakland Oaks beat Indiana Pacers, 4 games to 1
May 11th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
May 17th - 95th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Majestic Prince wins in 1:55.6
May 17th - Balt, Cleve & Pitts agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL
May 18th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA St Louis Women's Golf Invitational
Baseball Player Hank Aaron May 21st - After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over NY Mets
May 25th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
May 30th - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp
Jun 2nd - Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies Golf Open
Jun 6th - Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar
Jun 7th - 101st Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Arts & Letters wins in 2:28.8
Jun 8th - Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired (I was there-BTG)
Jun 8th - Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
Jun 14th - Oakland A's Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7
Jun 15th - 69th US Golf Open: Orville Moody shoots a 281 at Champs GC in Houston
Jun 15th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
Jun 21st - John Pennel pole vaults world record (5.45 m)
Jun 22nd - Susie Berning wins LPGA Pabst Ladies' Golf Classic
Jun 23rd - Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for Heavyweight boxing title
Jun 25th - Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon
Jun 27th - Honduras/El Salvador breaks diplomatic relations due to soccer match
Jun 28th - John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's
Jun 29th - 24th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
Jun 29th - On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896)
Jun 30th - Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34
Jul 4th - 76th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Ann Jones beats Billie J King (36 63 62)
Jul 5th - 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64)
Jul 9th - Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th
Jul 12th - 98th British Golf Open: Tony Jacklin shoots a 280 at Royal Lytham
Jul 13th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Ladies' Supertest Golf Open
Jul 14th - Soccer war - Salvador-Honduras (1000 dead)
Jul 18th - Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL
Jul 20th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Danbury Lady Carling Golf Open
Jul 20th - Eddy Merckx wins Tour de France
Jul 23rd - 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Wash DC
Jul 23rd - All star MVP: Willie McCovey (SF Giants)
Jul 24th - Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 907th major league game
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali Jul 24th - Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army on appeal
Jul 27th - 15th LPGA Championship won by Betsy Rawls
Jul 30th - Astros Denis Menke & Jim Wynn hit grandslams in 9th inn vs Mets
Aug 1st - 36th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208)
Aug 3rd - Reds beats Phillies 19-17
Aug 3rd - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
Aug 6th - Balt Orioles pull their 3rd triple play (5-4-3 vs KC Royals)
Aug 10th - Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win
Aug 10th - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Stroh's-WBLY Golf Open
Aug 11th - Pittsburgh Steelers beat NY Giants 17-13 in Montreal (NFL expo)
Aug 12th - Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million
Aug 14th - NY Mets fall 9½ games back, later to win pennant
Aug 17th - 51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR GC Dayton Ohio
Aug 17th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Southgate Ladies' Golf Open
Aug 17th - NY Jets beat NY Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season)
Aug 19th - Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0
Aug 23rd - Audrey McElmory (US) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno
Aug 23rd - France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912)
Aug 24th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Tournament of Champs Golf Tournament
Aug 25th - Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montreal (NFL expo)
Aug 29th - Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench
Aug 30th - 69th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Steve Melnyk
Sep 2nd - NY Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated
Sep 7th - 83rd US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62)
Sep 7th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Molson's Canadian Golf Open
Sep 7th - Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning US Tennis Open
Sep 7th - US amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60)
Sep 8th - 2nd US Tennis Open smallest session - 3708 (men's singles final-rain)
Sep 8th - 89th US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62)
Sep 8th - US amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61)
Sep 9th - Smallest US Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only)
Sep 10th - NY Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time
Sep 13th - Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title
Sep 13th - Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player
Sep 14th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Wendell-West Golf Open
Sep 15th - Cards Steve Carlton sets record by striking out 19 NY Mets in a game
Sep 20th - 18th Ryder Cup: Draw, 16-16 at Royal Birkdale, England
Sep 20th - Pitts Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0
Sep 21st - 58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0)
Sep 21st - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
Sep 21st - NY Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos
Sep 21st - Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8)
Sep 22nd - SF Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs
Sep 24th - NY Mets clinch NL East pennant
Sep 28th - Joe Kapp (Minnesota Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Balt Colts (52-14)
Sep 29th - Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season
Sep 29th - Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver
Oct 4th - Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5 & Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings
Oct 5th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
Oct 5th - Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks 55-yard field goal
Oct 15th - Madison Square Garden TV Network begins (Rangers vs North Stars)
Oct 15th - NY Met Ron Swoboda's spectacular diving catch of sinking liner with runners at 1st & 3rd in 9th, Mets win in 10th in World Series game
Oct 15th - Oriole Earl Weaver becomes 1st manager ejected in a World Series
Oct 16th - 100-1 shot NY Mets beat Orioles 5-3 & win 66th World Series in 5
Oct 16th - Met Cleon Jones awarded 1st base when shoe polish on ball proves he is hit by a pitch, he scores on a HR in World Series
Oct 19th - Mary Mills wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
Oct 24th - Hanif, Mushtaq & Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together
Oct 26th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
Nov 2nd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open
Nov 2nd - NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer & St L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each
Nov 20th - Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur