Events in Sports History in August 1969

Aug 1 36th Chicago Charities College All-Star Game: NY Jets 26, All-Stars 24 (74,208)
Aug 3 Cincinnati Reds with 25 hits & 10 runs in 5th edge Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 at Connie Mack Stadium

Baseball Record

Aug 5 Pirates outfielder Willie Stargell smashes first and longest home run ever hit out of Dodger Stadium; the incomparable shot off Alan Foster, measures 506 feet

Sports History

Aug 10 Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to Cubs with a 4-2 win

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Don Sutton

Sports History

Aug 11 Future Baseball HOF'er Don Drysdale, the last LA Dodger to play in Brooklyn, retires because of damage to his right pitching shoulder

Aug 12 Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million

Sports History

Aug 13 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0

Election of Interest

Aug 13 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote

Aug 14 NY Mets fall 9½ games back, later to win pennant
Aug 17 NY Jets beat NY Giants, 37-14 in their first meeting (pre-season)

PGA Championship

Aug 17 PGA Championship Men's Golf, NCR CC: Ray Floyd wins first of his 4 major titles by 1 stroke from South African Gary Player

Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship Winner Ray Floyd

Sports History

Aug 19 MLB Chicago Cubs pitcher Ken Holtzman no-hits visiting Atlanta Braves, 3-0 at Wrigley Field

Aug 23 Audrey McElmory (US) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno Czechoslovakia
Aug 23 France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912)
Aug 25 Det Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montreal (NFL expo)