1969 in sports
See also: 1968 in sports, other events of 1969, 1970 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
- Stock car racing:
- Indianapolis 500 - Mario Andretti
- USAC Racing - Mario Andretti won the season championship
- Formula One Championship - Jackie Stewart of Scotland
- 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
- March 1 - Mickey Mantle announces his retirement
- World Series: the New York Mets win 4 games to 1 over the Baltimore Orioles
- 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
- June 23 - Joe Frazier scored a 7th round TKO over Jerry Quarry.
- October 18 - Jose Napoles retained the World Welterweight Championship in a 15 round decision over Emile Griffith.
- World Figure Skating Championships:
- Men's champion: Tim Wood, United States
- Women's champion: Gabrielle Seyfert, Germany
- Pairs champions: Irina Rodnina & Alexej Ulanow, Soviet Union
Football (Soccer)
- England - FA Cup: Manchester City won 1-0 over Leicester City
- January 12 - The New York Jets upset the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III by a score of 16-7, after quarterback Joe Namath "guaranteed" a victory. It was the first Super Bowl victory by an American Football League team.
- Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders won 29-11 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
- Vanier Cup: Manitoba Bisons win 24-15 over the McGill Redmen
- Grand Slam of golf results:
- PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Frank Beard - $164,707
- Ryder Cup: United States and Britain tied 16 all in world team golf.
- US Women's Open - Donna Caponi
- LPGA Championship - Betsy Rawls
- Carol Mann: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $49,152.
- 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
- 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
- Alpine Skiing
- The men’s overall season champion: Karl Schranz, Austria
- The women’s overall season champion: Gertrud Gabi, Austria
- 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 mens results:
- Grand Slam in tennis womens results:
- Davis Cup: United States wins 5-0 over Romania in world tennis.
- John Spencer won the World Professional Snooker Championship
Births
- January 3 - Michael Schumacher, Formula One driver
- January 16 - Roy Jones Jr., boxer
- February 11 - Bryan Eversgerd US baseball player.
Deaths
- October 12 - Sonja Henie, Olympic and World Champion figure skater