1969 in sports
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.
September 28 - Minnesota Vikings' Quarterback Joe Kapp became the last player to throw seven touchdowns in a single game.
For an extensive coverage see 1969 in football (soccer) Men's professional
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Women's professional
Australian Rod Laver completes his second Grand Slam and the fourth in the history of tennis.
Awards
Births
January
January 1 — Alessandro Bovo , Italian water polo player January 2 — István Bagyula , Hungarian pole vaulterJanuary 2 — Stephen Davies , Australian field hockey playerJanuary 2 — Tommy Morrison , American heavyweight boxing championJanuary 3 — Michael Schumacher , German Formula One driverJanuary 10 — Guylaine Cloutier , Canadian breaststroke swimmerJanuary 11 — Andrew Griffiths , Canadian field hockey playerJanuary 11 — Irek Zinnourov , Russian water polo player January 12 — Andrea Hayes , American backstroke swimmerJanuary 12 — Robert Prosine?ki , Croatian football (soccer) playerJanuary 13 — Stefania Belmondo , Italian cross-country skierJanuary 13 — Jyri Kjäll , Finnish boxerJanuary 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 boxerJanuary 20 — Darren Braithwaite , British sprinterJanuary 22 — Ekaterina Anikeeva , Russian water polo playerJanuary 22 — Svetlana Moskalets , Russian heptathleteJanuary 22 — Shelley Sandie , Australian basketball player January 23 — Susen Tiedtke , German long jumperJanuary 23 — Danielle Woodhouse , Australian water polo player January 28 — Giorgio Lamberti , Italian swimmer
February
February 1 — Gabriel Batistuta , Argentinian football (soccer) playerFebruary 3 — Retief Goosen , South African golferFebruary 7 — Fiona Robinson , Australian basketball and handball player February 8 — Marco Villa , Italian road bicycle and track cyclistFebruary 12 — Steve Backley , British athleteFebruary 12 — Hong Myung-Bo , South Korean football (soccer) playerFebruary 13 — Patricia Amorim , Brazilian freestyle swimmerFebruary 16 — Fermín Cacho , Spanish athleteFebruary 16 — Claude Lambert , Canadian boxerFebruary 17 — David Douillet , French judokaFebruary 21 — Petra Kronberger , Austrian alpine skierFebruary 22 — Brian Laudrup , Danish football (soccer) playerFebruary 22 — Wander Moura , Brazilian track and field athleteFebruary 22 — Kathy Tough , Canadian volleyball playerFebruary 27 — Toshiyuki Kuroiwa , Japanese ice speed skater
March
March 1 — Djamel Lifa , French boxerMarch 1 — József Szabó , Hungarian breaststroke swimmerMarch 2 — Oleg Maskaev , Russian-American boxerMarch 3 — Erik Hoftun , Norwegian football (soccer) playerMarch 3 — Jason Plummer , Australian freestyle swimmerMarch 6 — Antonio Cermeńo , Venezuelan boxerMarch 6 — Tahir Zaman , Pakistani field hockey player and coachMarch 7 — Adrian Andermatt , Swiss swimmerMarch 7 — Todd Williams , American long-distance runnerMarch 9 — Maarten van der Linden , Dutch rowerMarch 10 — Hany Ramzy , Egyptian football (soccer) defenderMarch 10 — Ximena Restrepo , Colombian track and field sprinterMarch 13 — Michele Pasinato , Italian volleyball playerMarch 14 — Axel Hager , German beach volleyball player March 15 — Marc Lammers , Dutch field hockey player and coachMarch 16 — Juan Hernández Sierra , Cuban boxerMarch 16 — Alina Ivanova , Russian race walker and long-distance runnerMarch 17 — Domenic Figliomeni , Canadian boxerMarch 17 — Alison Forman , Australian football (soccer) midfielder March 18 — Sheila Taormina , American swimmer and triathleteMarch 20 — Caroline Brunet , Canadian kayakerMarch 20 — Fabien Galthié , French rugby playerMarch 20 — Karen Smithies , English cricketerMarch 23 — Juan Escarré , Spanish field hockey playerMarch 24 — Stefan Eberharter , Austrian alpine skierMarch 28 — Márcia Narloch , Brazilian marathon runner
April
April 1 — Arnaud Boetsch , French tennis playerApril 2 — Jonas Schön , Swedish ice speed skaterApril 3 — Danny Sapsford , British tennis playerApril 4 — Jorge Julio Rocha , Colombian boxerApril 4 — Jacco Verhaeren , Dutch swimming coachApril 5 — Pontus Kĺmark , Swedish football playerApril 6 — Dmitriy Polyunin , Uzbekistani javelin throwerApril 7 — Gary Anderson , Canadian medley swimmerApril 7 — Chris Garner , American tennis playerApril 9 — Sarah Hardcastle , British freestyle swimmerApril 10 — Ramón Jiménez Gaona , Paraguayan discus throwerApril 12 — Francisco Alvarez , Cuban beach volleyball player April 13 — Stefan Schwarz , Swedish football playerApril 14 — Debora Schoon-Kadijk , Dutch beach volleyball player April 14 — Luc Van Lierde , Belgian triathleteApril 15 — Aleksandr Lebziak , Russian boxerApril 16 — Germán Burgos , Argentinian football goalkeeperApril 17 — Eeke van Nes , Dutch rowerApril 20 — Cécile Rigaux , French beach volleyball player April 22 — Lindsey Carlisle , South African field hockey defenderApril 23 — Martin López-Zubero , Spanish-American backstroke swimmerApril 24 — David Luckes , English field hockey goalkeeperApril 25 — Jo Chamberlain , English cricketerApril 25 — Jon Olsen , American freestyle swimmerApril 27 — Brett Steven , New Zealand tennis playerApril 29 — Paulăo Moreira , Brazilian beach volleyball player
May
May 1 — Cintha Boersma , Dutch volleyball playerMay 2 — Brian Lara , West Indies cricketerMay 4 — Yelena Dendeberova , Soviet medley swimmerMay 5 — Bryan Ivie , American volleyball playerMay 6 — Raymond Brown , Canadian backstroke swimmer May 7 — Raatbek Sanatbayev , Kyrgyz Greco-Roman wrestler (d. 2006 )May 7 — Melanie Valerio , American swimmerMay 8 — Fabrice Tiozzo , French boxerMay 10 — Dennis Bergkamp , Dutch football playerMay 15 — Mark Jackson , Canadian hurdlerMay 15 — Emmitt Smith , American football playerMay 17 — David Serradas , Venezuelan boxerMay 19 — Rochelle Low , Canadian field hockey player May 19 — David Wharton , American butterfly and medley swimmerMay 21 — Martin Harris , English backstroke swimmerMay 22 — Yoto Yotov , Bulgarian/Croatian weightlifterMay 23 — Ashley Carey , Australian field hockey playerMay 30 — Albertino Essers , Dutch darts player May 30 — Koen Pijpers , Dutch field hockey player and coachMay 31 — Rikkert Faneyte , Dutch Major League Baseball playerMay 31 — Juliet Haslam , Australian field hockey defender
June
June 2 — David Wheaton , American tennis player June 3 — Pablo Lombi , Argentine field hockey playerJune 3 — Mónica Pont , Spanish long-distance runnerJune 7 — Arie van de Bunt , Dutch water polo goalkeeper June 8 — Laurel Martin , American field hockey player June 9 — Timo Tompuri , Finnish discus throwerJune 11 — Javier Bosma , Spanish volleyball playerJune 13 — Joseph Keter , Kenyan athleteJune 14 — Steffi Graf , German tennis playerJune 15 — Oliver Kahn , German football goalkeeperJune 15 — Cédric Pioline , French tennis playerJune 17 — Tanja Dickenscheid , German field hockey player June 17 — Donata Jancewicz , Polish high jumperJune 17 — Paul Tergat , Kenyan athleteJune 17 — Christer Wallin , Swedish freestyle swimmerJune 18 — Anísio Silva , Brazilian triple jumperJune 20 — Paulo Bento , Portuguese football (soccer) playerJune 20 — MaliVai Washington , American tennis playerJune 26 — Ingrid Lempereur , Belgian swimmerJune 30 — Mark Garner , Australian track and field sprinterJune 30 — Prikeba Phipps , American volleyball playerJune 30 — Clive Terrelonge , Jamaican athlete and coach
July
July 1 — Mabel Mosquera , Colombian weightlifterJuly 5 — John LeClair , American ice hockey playerJuly 7 — Sylke Otto , German lugerJuly 7 — Joe Sakic , Canadian ice hockey playerJuly 8 — Lisa Arce , American beach volleyball playerJuly 13 — Ewan Beaton , Canadian judokaJuly 13 — Shaun Greatbatch , English darts playerJuly 13 — Luis Rodríguez , Puerto Rican volleyball playerJuly 16 — Turlough O'Hare , Canadian freestyle swimmerJuly 17 — Karin Brienesse , Dutch freestyle swimmerJuly 17 — Tom Glesby , Canadian boxerJuly 17 — Laurelee Kopeck , Canadian field hockey defenderJuly 17 — Kenji Watanabe , Japanese breaststroke swimmerJuly 20 — Madelein Svensson , Swedish race walkerJuly 23 — Stéphane Diagana , French athleteJuly 25 — Artur Partyka , Polish high jumperJuly 25 — Andrea Wieland , US field hockey goalkeeperJuly 27 — María del Carmen García , Cuban high jumperJuly 28 — Jaimie Dawson , Canadian badminton player
August
August 6 — José Luis Ballester , Spanish butterfly swimmerAugust 7 — Khalid Boulami , Moroccan long-distance runner August 7 — Clement N'Goran , Côte d'Ivoire tennis playerAugust 8 — Davide Lorenzini , Italian diverAugust 9 — Chie Tsuji , Japanese volleyball playerAugust 11 — Vanderlei de Lima , Brazilian long-distance runnerAugust 13 — Giacobbe Fragomeni , Italian boxerAugust 14 — Stig Třfting , Danish football (soccer) playerAugust 15 — Mario González , Mexican boxerAugust 16 — Carl Henkel , American beach volleyball player August 19 — Irma Huerta , Mexican freestyle swimmerAugust 22 — Jens Larsen , Danish volleyball player and coachAugust 23 — Hari Kant , Canadian field hockey goalkeeperAugust 26 — Inga Afonina , Russian diverAugust 26 — Nicole Arendt , American tennis playerAugust 27 — Mark Ealham , English cricketerAugust 28 — Joakim Haeggman , Swedish golf playerAugust 28 — Anke Möhring , East German freestyle swimmerAugust 29 — Scott Jaffe , American freestyle swimmerAugust 31 — Javagal Srinath , Indian cricketer
September
September 1 — Norihiko Miyazaki , Japanese volleyball player September 3 — Robert Karlsson , Swedish golf playerSeptember 3 — Hidehiko Yoshida , Japanese judoka and MMA fighterSeptember 5 — Valery Belenky , Soviet gymnastSeptember 5 — Silvia Parera , Spanish medley and breaststrokeSeptember 6 — Doug Pirini , New Zealand decathleteSeptember 10 — Nicola Payne , New Zealand cricketerSeptember 12 — Ángel Cabrera , Argentine golferSeptember 12 — Arvis Piziks , Latvian road bicycle racerSeptember 12 — Shigeki Maruyama , Japanese golferSeptember 13 — Xiomara Griffith , Venezuelan judokaSeptember 13 — Shane Warne , Australian cricketerSeptember 19 — Kostya Tszyu , Russian born boxer of Korean origin September 20 — Richard Witschge , Dutch football (soccer) midfielder September 23 — Juan Dinarés , Spanish field hockey playerSeptember 23 — Michael Rich , German cyclistSeptember 25 — Hansie Cronje , South African cricketer (d. 2002 )September 28 — Marcel Dost , Dutch decathleteSeptember 29 — Hannah Fox , American female boxerSeptember 30 — Gilmar Mayo , Colombian high jumper
October
October 2 — Luis Villalta , Peruvian boxer (d. 2004 )October 6 — Jeffrey Lay , Canadian rowerOctober 6 — Takashi Narita , Japanese volleyball player October 10 — Brett Favre , American football playerOctober 10 — Christian Tröger , German swimmerOctober 11 — Jury Chechi , Italian gymnastOctober 11 — Ty Murray , American rodeo performerOctober 13 — Antonio González , Spanish field hockey playerOctober 13 — Manuel Guzmán , Puerto Rican swimmerOctober 16 — Stephanie Best , American track and field athleteOctober 17 — Ernie Els , South African golferOctober 18 — Carolina Mauri , Costa Rican freestyle swimmer 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 playerOctober 22 — Fernando Retayud , Colombian boxerOctober 29 — Dougie Brown , Scottish cricketer
November
November 1 — Charles Nkazamyampi , Burundian middle distance runnerNovember 1 — Jill Reeve , American field hockey defender November 2 — Jenny Gal , Dutch-Italian judokaNovember 3 — Oleg Tverdokhleb , Ukrainian athlete (d. 1995 )November 4 — Kathrin Boron , German rower and four-times Olympic championNovember 4 — Sergio Rey , Spanish boxerNovember 7 — Tanya Dubnicoff , Canadian track cyclistNovember 15 — Helen Kelesi , Canadian tennis playerNovember 17 — Jean-Michel Saive , Belgian table tennis playerNovember 19 — Igor Pami? , Croatian football (soccer) playerNovember 22 — Rogério Romero , Brazilian backstroke swimmerNovember 26 — Francisc Va?tag , Hungarian-Romanian boxerNovember 26 — Vadim Khamuttskikh , Russian volleyball player November 27 — Hermán Gaviria , Colombian football (soccer) player (d. 2002 )November 27 — Ike Quartey , Ghanaian boxerNovember 29 — Tomas Brolin , Swedish football (soccer) playerNovember 29 — Pierre van Hooijdonk , Dutch football (soccer) playerNovember 30 — Trina Gulliver , English female darts player
December
December 1 — Choi Chol-Su , North Korean boxerDecember 3 — Sandro Casamonica , Italian boxerDecember 4 — Jacques Landry , Canadian cyclistDecember 7 — James Murray , Scottish boxer (d. 1995 )December 9 — Bixente Lizarazu , French football (soccer) playerDecember 10 — Lorenza Vigarani , Italian backstroke swimmerDecember 12 — Christian Meyer , German track cyclistDecember 12 — Iain Sydie , Canadian badminton playerDecember 12 — Debra Wurzburger , Canadian freestyle swimmerDecember 13 — Sonia Barrio , Spanish field hockey player December 13 — Sergei Fedorov , Russian ice hockey playerDecember 13 — Ibou Faye , Senegalese athlete December 14 — Paulo Emilio Silva , Brazilian beach volleyball player December 15 — Adam Setliff , American discus throwerDecember 15 — Jesús Guevara , Venezuelan heavyweight boxerDecember 16 — Sergi Pedrerol , Spanish water polo playerDecember 16 — Michelle Smith , Irish swimmerDecember 17 — Marc Davis , American middle-distance runnerDecember 19 — Carlos Retegui , Argentinian field hockey playerDecember 20 — Arlene Xavier , Brazilian volleyball playerDecember 22 — Mats Lilienberg , Swedish football (soccer) playerDecember 22 — Myriam Bédard , Canadian biathleteDecember 23 — Rob Pelinka , American sports agentDecember 24 — Leavander Johnson , American boxing world champion (d. 2005 )December 28 — Juan Rossell , Cuban beach volleyball player December 29 — Dagmar Hase , German swimmerDecember 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 )December 20 — Adolfo Consolini (52), Italian discus thrower (b. 1917 )
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