1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
After their loss at Vanderbilt, Alabama dropped from the No. 13 to No. 20 position of the AP Poll prior to their game against Tennessee. Against Tennessee, the Volunteers took a 34–0 lead into the fourth quarter en route to a 41–14 victory at Legion Field. Tennessee took a commanding 21–0 first quarter lead with three touchdowns. The first was scored on a five-yard Bobby Scott pass to Gary Kreis, the second on a 71-yard Bobby Majors punt return and the third on a 27-yard Jackie Walker fumble return. George Hunt made the halftime score 24–0 with his 22-yard field goal in the second and extended it to 27–0 with his 31-yard field goal in the third.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
After Scott brought the Volunteers' lead to 34–0 with his two-yard touchdown run in the fourth, Alabama scored their first points on a one-yard Johnny Musso run. The game then closed with a six-yard Richard Callaway run for Tennessee and a six-yard Musso run for a touchdown that made the final score 41–14. The loss was the first time Coach Bryant lost three consecutive games to the same opponent as Alabama's head coach. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Tennessee to 23–22–7.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Clemson
After their blowout loss at home against Tennessee, Alabama dropped from the No. 20 position out of the AP Poll altogether prior to their game at Clemson. At Memorial Stadium, the Crimson Tide ended their two-game losing steak with this 38–13 win over the Tigers of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Alabama managed to take a 28–0 lead late into the second quarter before Clemson scored their first points of the game.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Clemson
The Crimson Tide scored first-quarter touchdowns on runs of 36-yards by George Ranager and nine-yards by Johnny Musso, and they scored second-quarter touchdowns on receptions of 40-yards by Ranager from Neb Hayden and 20-yards by Bubba Sawyer from Scott Hunter. Clemson then made the halftime score 28–7 after John McMakin caught a five-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Kendrick.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Clemson
After a scoreless third quarter, the Crimson Tide extended their lead to 38–7 on a one-yard Musso touchdown run and a 39-yard Oran Buck field goal. The Tigers then closed the game with a two-yard Ray Yauger touchdown run that made the final score 38–13. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Clemson to 10–3.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Clemson
The win was Bryant's 100th win at Alabama, making him only the second coach to win 100 games as head coach of the Crimson Tide.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
At Jackson, Alabama defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs 23–19 in Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. After Richard Ciemny gave the Crimson Tide an early 3–0 lead with his 30-yard field goal, Don Dudley gave State a 7–3 lead with his 16-yard touchdown run. Pete Jilleba then scored for Alabama on a three-yard run that made the score 10–7 in favor of the Crimson Tide that held through the fourth after scoreless second and third quarters.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
In the fourth, both teams traded a pair of touchdowns with Alabama eventually winning the game 23–19. Crimson Tide touchdowns were scored on Johnny Musso runs of four and 25-yards and State touchdowns were scored on a six-yard Tommy Pharr run and a two-yard Pharr pass to Bob Young. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Mississippi State to 41–10–3.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
Playing at night before a sold-out Tiger Stadium, Alabama was defeated by the LSU Tigers 20–15. After a scoreless first quarter, field goals of 30-yards by Mark Lumpkin for LSU and 26-yards by Oran Buck for Alabama made the halftime score 3–3. LSU then took a 13–3 lead in the third quarter after a one-yard Allen Shorey touchdown run and a 25-yard Lumpkin field goal.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
In the fourth, the teams traded touchdowns with the Tigers' ultimately winning 20–15. Fourth-quarter touchdowns were scored by LSU on a second one-yard Shorey run and by Alabama on Scott Hunter passes of 37-yards to Hunter Husband and 34-yards to David Bailey. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against LSU to 20–9–4.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Miami
On homecoming in Tuscaloosa, Alabama defeated the Miami Hurricanes 42–6 and with their sixth victory of the season became bowl eligible. The Crimson Tide took a 7–0 lead in the first on a two-yard Scott Hunter touchdown run before they scored three in the second quarter. Alabama led 28–0 at halftime after a one-yard Johnny Musso touchdown run and Neb Hayden touchdown passes of 21-yards to Musso and 16-yards to George Ranager.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Miami
After Miami scored their only points of the game early in the third on an eight-yard Kelly Cochrane touchdown pass to Joe Schmidt that made the score 28–6. Alabama then closed the game with a three-yard Phil Chaffin touchdown run in the third and on an 18-yard Stephen Doran touchdown reception from Benny Rippetoe in the fourth that made the final score 42–6. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against Miami to 7–2.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
In their final regular season game, Alabama was defeated by the Auburn Tigers in the annual Iron Bowl game 49–26 at Legion Field. After Alabama took a 3–0 lead on a 32-yard Oran Buck field goal in the first quarter, Auburn went on to outscore the Crimson Tide 49 to 23 over the final three quarters of the game. In the second, Wallace Clark scored a pair of touchdowns on runs of one and three-yards for the Tigers and Hunter Husband scored for Alabama on a four-yard run that made the halftime score 14–10.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
In the third quarter, Auburn extended their lead to 28–10 on touchdown runs of four-yards by Pat Sullivan and one-yard by Mickey Zofko before George Ranager had a 100-yard kickoff return that made the score 28–17 as they entered the fourth quarter. After Buck connected on a 27-yard field goal early in the fourth for Alabama, Auburn scored three consecutive touchdowns that extended their lead to 49–20. These were scored by Zofko on a nine-yard run, by Clark on a three-yard run and by Connie Frederick on an 84-yard run. The Crimson Tide closed the game with a seven-yard Scott Hunter touchdown pass to David Bailey that made the final score 49–26. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against Auburn to 18–15–1.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Colorado
On November 17, Alabama accepted an invitation to play in the Liberty Bowl against an unnamed opponent at the time of its announcement. The next week, Colorado of the Big Eight Conference defeated Kansas State in their regular season finale and accepted an invitation to play the Crimson Tide at the Liberty Bowl. Against the Buffaloes, Alabama lost 47–33 and completed the first five loss season during Bryant's tenure as head coach in the first all-time meeting between the schools.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Colorado
The Buffaloes took a 10–0 first quarter lead on a 13-yard Ward Walsh touchdown run and 30-yard Dave Haney field goal. After they extended their lead further to 17–0 on a three-yard Bobby Anderson touchdown run early in the second, Alabama responded with a pair of touchdown runs that cut the Colorado lead to 17–13. The first was on a 31-yard Scott Hunter run and the second on a six-yard George Ranager run. The teams then traded two more touchdowns on runs of 15-yards by Walsh for Colorado and two-yards by Johnny Musso before Steve Engel had 91-yard kickoff return that made the halftime score 31–19.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Colorado
The Crimson Tide then rallied and took a 33–31 lead in the third quarter on a pair of Neb Hayden touchdown throws. The first was to Griff Langston from 51-yards and the second to Musso from ten-yards. Colorado then responded with a pair of unanswered touchdowns and a safety in the fourth quarter and won the game 47–33. Touchdowns were scored on Anderson runs of two and three-yards with a combined quarterback sack of Hayden for a safety by Bill Brundige and Herb Orvis providing the final margin.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, NFL Draft
Several players that were varsity lettermen from the 1969 squad were drafted into the National Football League (NFL) in the 1971 and 1972 drafts. These players included the following:


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
Prior to the 1972 NCAA University Division football season, NCAA rules prohibited freshmen from participating on the varsity team, and as such many schools fielded freshmen teams. The Alabama freshmen squad was led by coach Clem Gryska for the 1969 season and finished with a record of three wins and two losses (3–2). The Baby Tide opened their season with a 13–7 loss against Mississippi State at Scott Field. After Alabama took a 7–0 lead on a one-yard Steve Wade run in the second, Billy Baker threw for both of the State touchdowns.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
The first was from 39-yards to Emil Petro in the third and the second was from 56-yards to Lewis Grubbs in the fourth for the 13–7 victory. In their second game, the Alabama freshmen defeated Vanderbilt 12–8 at Denny Stadium. After a scoreless first, Butch Hobson gave Alabama a 7–0 halftime lead with his short touchdown run, and a pair of Randy Moore field goals in the second half accounted for the 12 Crimson points. The Commodores scored their only touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 44-yard Pete Power touchdown pass to Cliff Flemore.


1969 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Freshman squad
In their third game, the Alabama freshmen defeated Ole Miss 13–6 at Denny Stadium. After a 30-yard Randy Moore field goal gave Alabama a 3–0 first quarter lead, Johnny Sharpless scored on an eight-yard touchdown run in the second for a 10–0 halftime lead. Moore connected on a 33-yard field goal in the third and then Ole Miss scored their only points in the final minute of the game on a one-yard Norris Weese touchdown run. After a 35–0 victory at Tennessee, the Baby Tide closed the season with a 17–9 loss to Auburn at Cliff Hare Stadium


1969 Alcorn A&M Braves football team
The 1969 Alcorn A&M Braves football team was an American football team that represented Alcorn A&M University in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during 1969 NCAA College Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach Marino Casem, Alcorn compiled an 8–0–1 record (6–0–1 against conference opponents), won the SWAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 274 to 82.


1969 Alcorn A&M Braves football team
Alcorn A&M was also recognized as the black college national champion and was ranked No. 8 in the final Associated Press 1969 NCAA College Division rankings.


1969 Algerian Cup Final
The 1969 Algerian Cup Final was the 7th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 12, 1969, at Stade 20 Août 1955 in Algiers with kick-off at 15:00. CR Belcourt beat USM Alger 5-3 to win their third Algerian Cup.


1969 All England Badminton Championships
The 1969 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England, from 19–23 March 1969.


1969 All England Badminton Championships
Sue Pound married and became Sue Whetnall, Imre Reitveld married and became Imre Nielsen and Muriel Ferguson married and became Muriel Woodcock.


1969 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team
The 1969 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors for their All-Atlantic Coast Conference ("ACC") teams for the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Selectors in 1969 included the Associated Press (AP).


1969 All-Big Eight Conference football team
The 1969 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1969 season included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI).


1969 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1969 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season.


1969 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
AP = Associated Press, selected by the AP's Midwest board of writers and TV-radio sportcasters


1969 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
UPI = United Press International, selected by Big Ten coaches


1969 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of the AP and UPI


1969 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1969 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the ninth staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship ended on 12 October, 1969.


1969 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
London were the defending champions, however, they availed of the right to promotion and contested the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Kildare won the title after defeating Cork by 2-8 to 3-4 in the final.


1969 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1969 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 38th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


1969 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 28 September 1969, Cork won the championship following a 2-7 to 0-11 defeat of Derry in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their third in succession.


1969 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 1969 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 39th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.


1969 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Wexford entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were beaten in the Leinster semi-final.


1969 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 7 September 1969 Cork won the championship following a 2-15 to 3-6 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their ninth All-Ireland title and their first in two championship seasons.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1969 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Wexford who defeated Antrim by a two-point margin in the final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, The championship
After decades of dominance by Dublin, the camogie championship had been thrown open by events of the previous 18 months. Five counties Wexford, Antrim, Kilkenny, Cork and Dublin were serious contenders for the 1969 title with Tipperary and Galway not far behind. Cork lost to Tipperary in the Munster semi-final and then Tipp beat limerick in the Munster final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, The championship
A player from each side was sent off for the first time in an inter-county match in 1969, Mary Graham (Tipperary) and Josie Kehoe (Wexford) were sent off by referee Nancy Murray for rough play in the All Ireland semi-final. Margaret O’Leary struck a late free to the Tipperary net to give Wexford a 4–4 to 3–3 victory. Galway trailed Antrim by seven points at the break in the second semi-final at Glenariffe, then came back with a storming finish only to fail by a single point to catch Antrim.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
It took a great goal by Cathy Power, 90 seconds from time, to save the day for Wexford in the All-Ireland final against Antrim at Croke Park on 21 September. The lead changed hands twice in the closing minutes as Antrim made a remarkable comeback and they were within touching distance of snatching an unexpected victory. The political situation in Northern Ireland had prevented Antrim from preparing for the final as they would have liked. Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:


1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Wexford are still All-Ireland camogie champions, but only, one might say, by a single puck of the ball, for it took a great goal 90 seconds from time by corner forward Catherine Power to save the day and the title for the Leinster girls after an unfancied Antrim had seemed certain to snatch unexpected victory from an amazing second half rally. The high excitement of the closing stages, the lead changed hands twice in the last couple of minutes, coupled with some magnificent camogie all through rp0ivded wonderful entertainment for the fair-sized crowd. If Antrim failed to climax their great comeback with what would have been a remarkable victory, they certainly proved that they are still ads good as the best, and they have in Mairead McAtamney one of the greatest players of all time.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 38th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Wexford had the wind for the first half, and led 2-3 to 1-0 at the break, Mairéad McAtamney keeping Antrim in the game. Antrim narrowed the gap to two points, and the remainder of the game was touch and go, Catherine Power scoring a late goal to seal Wexford's two-in-a-row.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 83rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 4 May 1969 and ended on 28 September 1969.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cavan in the Ulster final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
On 28 September 1969, Kerry won the championship following a 0-10 to 0-7 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final. This was their 21st All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry's Mick O'Dwyer was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 82nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Kerry claimed a three-point win, thanks mostly to three great saves by goalkeeper Johnny Culloty.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Offaly.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Half-time entertainment was provided by way of an Irish dancing routine from the "Hurling Boys from Omagh", County Tyrone.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1969 was the 83rd staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Cork 2-15 to 2-9  in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
First round: (1 match) This is a single match between two of the weaker teams drawn from the province of Leinster. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the quarter-final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a single match between the winner of the first round and another team drawn from the province of Leinster. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the semi-finals.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the quarter-final join three other Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Quarter-final: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Munster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the semi-finals.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join the other two Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, Munster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone match between London and the Leinster champions. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winner advances to the All-Ireland final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The championship, Format, All-Ireland Championship
Final: (1 match) The semi-final winner and the Munser champions contest the final.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Top scorers, Debutantes
The following players made their début in the 1969 championship:


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Top scorers, Retirees
The following players played their last game in the 1969 championship:


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 82nd All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by 1966 winners Cork and 1967 winners Kilkenny, and it was refereed by Seán O'Connor from Limerick.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
The All-Ireland final was the eleventh meeting of Cork and Kilkenny in a championship decider. Kilkenny held the balance of power in all previous meetings between the two, having recorded six All-Ireland victories to Cork's five. Cork, however, also defeated Kilkenny in the 1903 All-Ireland 'home' final before putting London to the sword in the 'proper' final. Both sides last met in the All-Ireland final of 1966 when Cork recorded their first championship victory over Kilkenny in twenty years. Kilkenny enjoyed a reasonably successful period in the mid-sixties, claiming championship titles in 1963 and 1967, while being runners-up in 1964 and 1966. Cork's sole All-Ireland title of the decade came in 1966, a full twelve years after their previous All-Ireland triumph.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
Cork's triumph in 1966 allowed them to claim their 20th All-Ireland title, leaving them one behind Tipperary in the all-time roll of honour. A victory for Cork on this occasion would put them level with Tipp, while a victory for Kilkenny would give them their 17th All-Ireland title and would narrow the gap between them and the other two big teams in hurling's trinity.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Referee
Limerick's Seán O'Connor was named as the referee for the 1969 All-Ireland final on 2 September 1969. His only experience in a national senior decider was the Oireachtas final between Kilkenny and Clare in 1967. Thirty-four-year-old O'Connor, an aircraft mechanic with Aer Lingus, won recognition for his efficient refereeing in National Hurling League and provincial championship games over the previous couple of seasons. He entered the short-list for All-Ireland honours following his handling of the Munster final. O'Connor was an inter-county hurler in his own right with Limerick in the late 1950s and early 1960s and was a dual county medalist with his club Claughaun.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Referee
O'Connor's umpires for the final were Jimmy Duggan (Galway), Jimmy Hatton (Wicklow), Jim Kirk (Armagh) and Noel Dalton (Waterford). Hatton was a dual player with Wicklow in the 1950s and was a distinguished referee in his own right, having taken charge of both All-Ireland deciders in 1966.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, 'The blood and bandage'
The All-Ireland final marked a special anniversary for the Cork hurling team. It was the golden jubilee of the first appearance in an All-Ireland decider of Cork's famed red and white colours of the county teams.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, First half
Cork lived up to the favourites tag when, after just two minutes of play, Charlie McCarthy took advantage of a collision between Ray Cummins and Pa Dillon and sent the ball into the net for the first goal of the day. Less than two minutes later Kilkenny responded when Eddie Keher split the posts from a free. What followed over the next fifteen minutes was a series of tit-for-tat scores between both teams.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, First half
Pat Hegarty from play, Martin Coogan from a 70-yards free, Charlie McCarthy from two frees and Eddie Keher from two frees resulted in Cork leading by a goal. After eighteen minutes of play Cork scored a second goal when Pat Hegarty fired a left-handed ground stroke towards goal which was deflected by Eddie O'Brien past Kilkenny 'keeper Ollie Walsh and into the net. Kilkenny responded immediately with a point from Tommy Murphy, however, this was cancelled out three minutes later when Eddie O'Brien added to his tally with a point.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, First half
Charlie McCarthy heaped more misery on Kilkenny when he tapped over two more points to give Cork a considerable lead. Mick Lawler started the Kilkenny revival with a point before Martin Brennan exploited a mistake by Cork goalkeeper Paddy Barry and goaled for Kilkenny on the stroke of half-time. That goal put some respectability on the score line, however, Cork were still a goal to the good.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, Second half
Cork started the second-half where they left off when Charlie McCarthy converted a free after a minute. Five minutes into the second period Joe Millea scored Kilkenny's second goal and the comeback was on. Keher pointed a free five minutes later to level the sides for the first time. Charlie McCarthy quickly restored Cork's lead when he pointed from a free also. The final quarter of the match was all Kilkenny. Martin Coogan pointed another 70-yards free to level the scores again before a spectacular Pat Kavanagh point gave Kilkenny the lead for the first time.


1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match, Second half
Martin Brennan stretched the lead to two points before Charlie McCarthy reduced the deficit to a single score when he pointed a free. This was the closest Cork came to victory as 'the Cats' dominated the final seven minutes. Martin Coogan landed a long-range free before Paddy Moran did likewise. The final three scores of the day came from the Kilkenny captain, Eddie Keher, with two coming from frees and one from play.


1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the sixth staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.


1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Derry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Ulster Championship.


1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
On 14 September 1969, Antrim won the championship following a 1-8 to 0-10 defeat of Roscommon in the All-Ireland final. This was their first and only All-Ireland title.


1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 6th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.


1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
On 14 September 1969, Cork won the championship following a 5-13 to 4-7 defeat of Wexford in the All-Ireland final. This was their 3rd All-Ireland title in the grade and their second in succession.


1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, Results, All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
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1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Walsh Park, Waterford on 12 September 1969 to determine the winners of the 1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 6th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Cork of Munster and Wexford of Leinster, with Cork winning by 5-13 to 4-7.


1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Cork and Wexford was their fourth championship meeting. Cork were hoping to win their third title over all and become the first team to retain the title. Wexford were hoping to win their second All-Ireland title.


1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Cork's All-Ireland victory was their third in four years. They also became the first team to retain the All-Ireland title.


1969 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Wexford's run of bad luck in All-Ireland finals continued. After winning their sole title in 1965, defeat in 1969 marked their second loss in an All-Ireland decider since that victory.


1969 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team
The 1969 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-8 Conference teams for the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.


1969 All-Pro Team
This is a list of players named as All-Pros based on their performance in the 1969 AFL and NFL season. These lists provide a perspective into how players were judged against their peers by critics of their time. Players representing both the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) are included.


1969 All-Pro Team, Selectors
Teams were selected by several publications and wire services: the Associated Press (AP), the Pro Football Hall of Fame (HoF), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), the New York Daily News (NYDN), Pro Football Weekly (PFW), the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), the Sporting News (SN) and the United Press International (UPI).


1969 All-Pro Team, Selectors
The Hall of Fame and PFWA each selected a true "All-Pro" team which included players from both the NFL and AFL. The AP, Daily News and UPI all selected one team for each league, which are  referred to as "All-NFL" and "All-AFL" teams. The NEA and Pro Football Weekly each named both a unified All-Pro team as well as All-NFL and All-AFL teams representing each of the leagues individually. The Sporting News named a single All-AFL team and All-Conference teams representing each of the two NFL conferences.


1969 All-Pro Team, Selectors
All of the publications named both first-team and second-team performers, with the exception of Pro Football Weekly and the Sporting News, which only selected only a first-team.


1969 All-Pro Team, NFL All-Pros
Eight NFL players were named to the first-team of every list presented here: Lem Barney, Bob Brown, Dick Butkus, Carl Eller, Deacon Jones, David Lee, Gale Sayers and Mick Tingelhoff.


1969 All-Pro Team, AFL All-Pros
Two AFL players were named to the first-team of every list presented here: Bobby Bell and Willie Brown.


1969 All-SEC football team
The 1969 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Tennessee won the conference.


1969 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI


1969 All-Southwest Conference football team
The 1969 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. The selectors for the 1969 season included the Associated Press (AP).


1969 All-Southwest Conference football team, Key
CFHOF = Player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame


1969 Allan Cup
The 1969 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1968-69 Senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the Galt Hornets and Galt, Ontario. The 1969 playoff marked the 61st time that the Allan Cup has been awarded.


1969 Allsvenskan, Overview
The league was contested by 12 teams, with IFK Göteborg winning the championship.


1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Final point standings
In Men's Downhill World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
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1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Downhill, Final point standings
In Women's Downhill World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Deductions are given in brackets.


1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Deductions are given in brackets.


1969 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Slalom, Final point standings
In Women's Slalom World Cup 1968/69 the best 3 results count. Deductions are given in brackets.


1969 Amateur World Series
The 1969 Amateur World Series was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 15 through August 26, 1969. For the first time since 1942, the United States of America sent a team to an Amateur World Series. They advanced to the finals against Cuba, both clubs being 9-0. Before 20,000 fans (predominately pro-Cuba following a 1965 US invasion of the Dominican Republic), Cuba won a hard-fought 2-1 battle. Gaspar Pérez drove in Cuba's first run to tie the game and scored the second; he was not only the winning pitcher, but had clearly earned the win with his two-way play.


1969 American 500
The 1969 American 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on October 26, 1969, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina.


1969 American 500
A lot of the more notable NASCAR Cup Series drivers of this era failed to finish the race. Richard Petty tore his car up hitting the wall and the repairs were not enough to continue.


1969 American 500, Background
North Carolina Motor Speedway was opened as a flat, one-mile oval on October 31, 1965. In 1969, the track was extensively reconfigured to a high-banked, D-shaped oval just over one mile in length. In 1997, North Carolina Motor Speedway merged with Penske Motorsports, and was renamed North Carolina Speedway. Shortly thereafter, the infield was reconfigured, and competition on the infield road course, mostly by the SCCA, was discontinued. Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School,


1969 American 500, Summary
It took four hours and twenty-eight minutes to resolve 492 laps with LeeRoy Yarbrough emerging over David Pearson by 1½ laps. The other drivers in the top ten were: Buddy Baker, Dave Marcis, John Sears, Dick Brooks, Hoss Ellington, Ed Negre, Wendell Scott, and Neil Castles. Seven cautions were handed out by NASCAR officials for 66 laps. More than 33,000 people would attend this live racing event. Charlie Glotzbach would qualify for the pole position with a speed of 136.972 miles per hour (220.435 km/h) while the average race speed was 111.938 miles per hour (180.147 km/h).


1969 American 500, Summary
John Kennedy would receive the last-place finish due to a one-car crash on lap 17. This would be the 51st race out of the 54 officially sanctioned racing events of the 1969 NASCAR Grand National Series in addition to being the first race done with the present-day configuration for North Carolina Motor Speedway. Lennie Pond would make his NASCAR debut here.


1969 American 500, Summary
The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.


1969 American 500, Summary
Ten notable crew chiefs were in attendance for the race; including Cotton Owens, Dick Hutcherson, Banjo Matthews and Harry Hyde.


1969 American Football League Championship Game
The 1969 AFL Championship Game was the tenth and final championship game of the American Football League, and the league's final game prior to its merger with the National Football League on February 1, 1970.


1969 American Football League Championship Game
The game was held on January 4, 1970 at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum between the Western Division champion Oakland Raiders (12–1–1) and the division's second-place team, the Kansas City Chiefs (11–3), who had won divisional playoff games to advance to the championship. Oakland had won the two regular season games between the two teams, were favored by 4 to 5½ points, and had taken seven of the last eight meetings.


1969 American Football League Championship Game
The Chiefs won 17–7 on the strength of seventeen unanswered points in the last three quarters and represented the AFL in Super Bowl IV the following week. This was the 616th and final AFL game.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Game summary
The Chiefs edged out Oakland 17–7 in a hard fought defensive struggle in which both teams combined for just 440 yards (233 for Oakland, 207 for KC) and each lost four turnovers. It was a very satisfying win for Kansas City, who had been swept by the Raiders during the season and lost 7 of their last 8 meetings, including a crushing 41–6 loss in the previous year's postseason.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Game summary
The Raiders opened up the scoring with a 66-yard drive, featuring Daryle Lamonica's 24-yard completion to Warren Wells on the Chiefs' 3-yard line. Running back Charlie Smith ran the ball across the goal line on the next play, giving Oakland a 7-0 lead. Both defenses would take over the majority of the rest of the half, but with 3:24 remaining in the second quarter, Kansas City, who had only gained two first downs up to now, drove 75 yards to tie the game.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Game summary
Quarterback Len Dawson started off the drive with a 14-yard completion to Otis Taylor, while Robert Holmes' 8-yard run moved the ball into Raiders territory on their 42 for the first time in the game as the clock ran down to the 2-minute warning. On the next play, Dawson threw a 41-yard completion to receiver Frank Pitts. Then Wendell Hayes scored a 1-yard touchdown run to tie the game at seven at halftime.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Game summary
Oakland seemed primed to respond in the third quarter with a drive to the Chiefs' 33-yard line, but in what turned out to be a crucial play, Lamonica jammed his thumb and fingers when his throwing hand struck the helmet of Chiefs defensive end Aaron Brown, and he had to miss the rest of the drive. Backup George Blanda took over and tried to take the team the rest of the way to the end zone, but a few players later, defensive back Emmitt Thomas made a clutch interception on the Chiefs' 5-yard line.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Game summary
Kansas City then drove 95 yards for a go-ahead score. The key play on the drive with a 35-yard reception by Taylor through triple coverage with the team facing 3rd and 13 from their own 2-yard line. Dawson later completed a 23-yard pass to Holmes on the drive, and defensive back Nemiah Wilson's pass interference penalty eventually gave Kansas City a first down on the Raiders' 7-yard line. Holmes carried the ball three straight times after that, the last a 5-yard touchdown run to put the Chiefs up 14–7.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Game summary
Lamonica returned to the game in the 4th quarter, but was unable to lead the Raiders to any points, despite numerous opportunities. A promising drive into Kansas City territory was eliminated when Jim Kearney intercepted Lamonica's pass on the Chiefs 18-yard line. Two plays later, defensive end Carlton Oats recovered a fumble from Holmes on the Chiefs' 24. But on the next play, Oakland gave the ball right back with an interception to rookie cornerback Jim Marsalis. Amazingly, Oakland got the ball back on another Holmes fumble, this one recovered by linebacker Dan Conners on the Chiefs' 31.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Game summary
Still, the only result would be another Lamonica interception, this one to Thomas, who returned it 62 yards to the Raiders' 18-yard line, setting up Jan Stenerud's 22-yard field goal that increased Kansas City's lead to 17–7. Oakland had one last chance to get back in the game when defensive end Ike Lassiter recovered a fumble from Dawson on the Kansas City 13 with two minutes left. But Lamonica threw four straight incompletions and the Chiefs ran out the rest of the clock.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Game summary
Neither quarterback had a particularly good day. Dawson completed only 7 of 17 passes for 129 yards, while Lamonica finished 15/39 for 167 yards and three interceptions. Charlie Smith was the sole offensive star of the game, with 31 rushing yards and a touchdown, along with 8 receptions for 86 yards.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Officials
The AFL (and NFL) had six game officials in 1969; the seventh official, the side judge, was added in 1978.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Players' shares
The Chiefs players each received $7,000 and the Raiders players about $5,000 each. With the win, the Chiefs were guaranteed an additional $7,500 each, the loser's share in the Super Bowl; the Super Bowl winners earned $15,000 each.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Aftermath
The Chiefs went on to win the Super Bowl against the Minnesota Vikings, in a final showing of the AFL and its strength. Kansas City is the only team in the Super Bowl era to win the title without allowing as much as ten points in any postseason game.


1969 American Football League Championship Game, Aftermath
The two leagues merged into one after this game, with the ten AFL teams and three NFL teams (Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Colts, and Cleveland Browns) forming the American Football Conference. Super Bowl V was the first game for that conference, which the Colts won. After losing their first two appearances in 1993 and 2018, The Chiefs won the AFC Championship in 2019 and 2020. Conversely, the Raiders have appeared in eleven, winning four and losing seven; their last appearance (and win) was in 2002.


1969 American Football League playoffs
The 1969 American Football League playoffs was the postseason of the American Football League for its tenth and final season in 1969. For the first time, the ten-team league scheduled a four-team postseason, consisting of the top two teams from the two divisions. The division champions hosted the second place teams from the other division; both Western division teams won and advanced to the league championship game, with the winner advancing to play the NFL champion in Super Bowl IV in New Orleans on January 18, 1970.


1969 American Football League playoffs
Previously, the only scheduled postseason contest was the AFL Championship Game, between the two division winners, with the host site alternating between the divisions. Ties for a division title were resolved with an unscheduled tiebreaker playoff game (1963: East, 1968: West), while the other division's winner was idle.


1969 American Football League playoffs
Eastern runner-up Houston (6–6–2) had the league's fifth-best record; San Diego (8–6) was fourth, but finished third in the West and did not qualify for the postseason. Oakland (12–1–1) and Kansas City (11–3), both from Western division, had the best records and both advanced to the AFL title game.


1969 American Football League playoffs
The opening round of the AFL postseason was played December 20–21, the final week of the regular season for the NFL; they played the first round of their postseason the following weekend (December 27–28), while the AFL was idle. Both league championship games were held on January 4; Super Bowl IV was on January 11.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Kansas City, favored by three points, had defeated the Jets 34–16 five weeks earlier on the same field. They knocked off the defending Super Bowl champions in dominating form, holding them to just 234 yards and forcing four turnovers.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
The heavy winds at Shea Stadium wreaked havoc on the kicking of Chiefs kicker Jan Stenerud, who missed three field goals throughout the game, including an early 47-yard attempt in the first quarter. New York quarterback Joe Namath then completed 4/4 passes on the way to a 27-yard Jim Turner field goal that put the home team in front, 3–0. Kansas City responded with Len Dawson's completions to Otis Taylor, Fred Arbanas, and Wendell Hayes for gains of 13, 12, and 17 yards moving the team into position for a 23-yard Stenerud field goal to tie the game. This was the only score of the second quarter, as neither team had much success moving the ball for the rest of the half. Stenerud's missed 44-yard field goal attempt was close as either team came to changing the scoreboard.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Defense continued to dominate the game in the second half, starting with Namath's interception to defensive back Emmitt Thomas. However, this result in another missed field goal try from Stenerud, a 44-yard attempt. The next time New York got the ball, Namath was intercepted again, this time by Jim Marsalis. Kansas City was forced to punt, but a running into the punter penalty against New York allowed them to keep possession. Dawson then threw a 27-yard completion to Arbanas that set up Stenerud's 25-yard field goal, giving the Chiefs a 6–3 lead.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
New York responded with a drive deep into Chiefs territory. A pass interference penalty against Thomas in the end zone gave them a first down on the Chiefs 1-yard line, but Kansas City's defense made a crucial stand. On the first two plays, runs by Matt Snell and Bill Mathis were stuffed for no gain by linebacker Willie Lanier. New York attempted to pass the ball for a touchdown on 3rd down, but with all his receivers covered and facing a blitz from linebacker Jim Lynch, Namath was forced to throw the ball away. Rather than attempt a 4th down conversion, the Jets tied the game, 6–6, on Turner's 9-yard field goal.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Kansas City's goal line stand seemed to fire up their offense. On their ensuing drive, Dawson completed a 61-yard pass to Taylor. Then he found Gloster Richardson in the end zone for a 19-yard touchdown pass, giving the Chiefs a 13-6 fourth quarter lead.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
There was still time for New York to come back, but Namath completed only 6 of his next 20 passes, while the team was unable to score despite drives to the Chiefs 16 and 13-yard lines. On the drive to the 13, after Namath misfired on two passes to the end zone, Marsalis recorded his second interception of the game.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Dawson completed 12 of 27 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown. Chiefs running back Mike Garrett was the top rusher of the game with 67 yards. Namath completed only fourteen of forty passes for 169 yards and was intercepted three times. The Jets did not return to the postseason for a dozen years, in 1981.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Oakland was favored by thirteen points, and quarterback Daryle Lamonica tied a playoff record with six touchdown passes as the Raiders racked up 412 yards and 56 points, while holding Houston to just 197 yards and forcing five turnovers.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
After the game started with a punt from each team, Oakland suddenly scored four consecutive times to take a 28–0 first quarter lead. First, Lamonica's 40-yard completion to running back Larry Todd set up his 10-yard touchdown pass to Fred Biletnikoff. Then on the first play of the Oilers ensuing drive, Raiders defensive back George Atkinson intercepted a pass from Pete Beathard and returned it 57 yards for a touchdown. After Houston got the ball back, they lost another turnover, this time a fumble by running back Hoyle Granger that Atkinson recovered on the Oilers 24-yard line.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Lamonica then threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Rod Sherman, giving the Raiders a 21–0 lead with over 6 minutes left in the first quarter. Houston managed to pick up a first down for the first time in the game on their next drive, but on the next play, Beathard fumbled the snap, and Tom Keating recovered it for Oakland on the Oilers 31. Lamonica then threw his third touchdown pass of the quarter, a 31-yard completion to Biletnikoff, giving the Raiders a 28–0 lead as the first quarter mercifully came to an end.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Oakland's defense continued to dominate in the second quarter, as Beathard threw another interception, this one to Willie Brown. However, this time Houston managed to prevent a score when Lamonica threw a pass that was intercepted by defensive back Miller Farr. This would be the only bright spot of the quarter for Houston, who soon had to punt again. After an Oilers punt, running back Charlie Smith scored on a 60-yard touchdown reception from Lamonica to give the Raiders a 35-0 lead going into halftime.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Early in the third quarter, Houston managed a drive deep into Raiders territory, but lost the ball again when Beathard was sacked for a 9-yard loss on 4th and 10 from the Raiders 16-yard line. Oakland then drove 75 yards to score on Lamonica's 23-yard touchdown pass to Sherman, giving them a 42-0 lead. Following a punt, Oakland drove 62 yards to Lamonica's 6th touchdown pass of the day, a 3-yard toss to tight end Billy Cannon, increasing their lead to 49-0 going into the 4th quarter.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Houston finally scored a touchdown in the final period, driving 95 yards to an 8-yard touchdown pass from Beathard to tight end Alvin Reed. Meanwhile, Lamonica sat out the rest of the game. His replacement, George Blanda, completed just 1 of 5 passes, but his completion was a 33-yard gain to running back Marv Hubbard that set up the final score of the day on Hubbard's 4-yard touchdown run.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, Divisional playoffs
Lamonica completed 13/17 passes for 276 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 1 interception. Smith caught 4 passes for 103 yards and a score. Beathard completed just 18/46 passes for 209 yards and touchdown, with 3 interceptions. Reed caught 7 passes for 81 yards and a touchdown.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, AFL Championship Game
The Chiefs edged Oakland 17–7 in a hard fought defensive struggle; the teams combined for just 440 yards (233 for Oakland, 207 for KC) and had four turnovers each. It was a very satisfying win for Kansas City, who had lost to the Raiders twice during the season and in seven of their last eight, including a 41–6 loss in the previous year's postseason.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, AFL Championship Game
The Raiders opened up the scoring with a 66-yard drive, featuring Daryle Lamonica's 24-yard completion to Warren Wells on the Chiefs' 3-yard line. Running back Charlie Smith ran the ball across the goal line on the next play, giving Oakland a 7-0 lead. Both defenses would take over the majority of the rest of the half, but with 3:24 remaining in the second quarter, Kansas City, who had only gained two first downs up to now, drove 75 yards to tie the game.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, AFL Championship Game
Quarterback Len Dawson started off the drive with a 14-yard completion to Otis Taylor, while Robert Holmes' 8-yard run moved the ball into Raiders territory on their 42 for the first time in the game as the clock ran down to the 2-minute warning. On the next play, Dawson threw a 41-yard completion to receiver Frank Pitts. Then Wendell Hayes scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7 going into halftime.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, AFL Championship Game
Oakland seemed primed to respond in the third quarter with a drive to the Chiefs 33-yard line, but in what turned out to be a crucial play, Lamonica jammed his thumb and fingers when his throwing hand struck the helmet of Chiefs defensive end Aaron Brown, and had to miss the rest of the drive. Backup George Blanda took over and tried to take the team the rest of the way to the end zone, but a few players later, defensive back Emmitt Thomas made a clutch interception on the Chiefs' 5-yard line.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, AFL Championship Game
Kansas City then drove 95 yards for a go-ahead score. The key play on the drive was a 35-yard reception by Taylor through triple coverage with the team facing 3rd and 13 from their own 2-yard line. Dawson later completed a 23-yard pass to Holmes on the drive, and defensive back Nemiah Wilson's pass interference penalty eventually gave Kansas City a first down on the Raiders' 7-yard line. Holmes carried the ball three straight times after that, the last a 5-yard touchdown run to put the Chiefs up 14-7.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, AFL Championship Game
Lamonica returned to the game in the 4th quarter, but was unable to lead the Raiders to any points, despite numerous opportunities. A promising drive into Kansas City territory was eliminated when Jim Kearney intercepted Lamonica's pass on the Chiefs' 18-yard line. Two plays later, defensive end Carlton Oats recovered a fumble from Holmes on the Chiefs' 24. But on the next play, Oakland gave the ball right back with an interception to rookie cornerback Jim Marsalis. Amazingly, Oakland got the ball back on another Holmes fumble, this one recovered by linebacker Dan Conners on the Chiefs' 31.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, AFL Championship Game
Still, the only result would be another Lamonica interception, this one to Thomas, who returned it 62 yards to the Raiders' 18-yard line, setting up Jan Stenerud's 22-yard field goal that increased Kansas City's lead to 17-7. Oakland had one last chance to get back in the game when defensive end Ike Lassiter recovered a fumble from Dawson on the Kansas City 13 with two minutes left. But Lamonica threw four straight incompletions and the Chiefs ran out the rest of the clock.


1969 American Football League playoffs, Playoffs, AFL Championship Game
Neither quarterback had a particularly good day. Dawson completed only 7 of 17 passes for 129 yards, while Lamonica finished 15/39 for 167 yards and three interceptions. Charlie Smith was the sole offensive star of the game, with 31 rushing yards and a touchdown, along with 8 receptions for 86 yards.


1969 American Football League season
The 1969 American Football League season was the tenth and final regular season of the American Football League (AFL). To honor the AFL's tenth season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each Kansas City Chiefs player wore a patch on his jersey with the logo during Super Bowl IV, the final AFL-NFL World Championship Game prior to the AFL–NFL merger.


1969 American Football League season
The Chiefs defeated the Oakland Raiders in the final AFL Championship Game, then soundly defeated the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV.


1969 American Football League season, Division races
In its final two years of existence the AFL had ten teams, grouped into two divisions. Each team played a home-and-away game against the other four teams in its division, a home-and-away series against one of the five teams in opposite division, and one game each against the remaining four teams from the opposite division. Using that format, the defending World Champion New York Jets went 10–0 against the five teams they played twice (i.e., their four weak divisional rivals plus last-place second-year Cincinnati) while going 0–4 against the top four teams in the West.


1969 American Football League season, Division races
For the 1969 season, a provision was made for a four team playoff to determine the AFL Champion, the league's representative in the Super Bowl, with the #1 team in the division to play against the #2 team in the opposite division. The NFL also had a four team playoff, introduced in 1967, matching the winners of the Capitol and Century divisions, and the Coastal and Central divisions.


1969 American Football League season, Division races
The 1970 merger placed the 10 AFL teams (along with 3 teams from the pre-1970 NFL) into the 13-team AFC. (The other NFL teams went into the 13-team NFC.)


1969 American Football League season, Regular season, Standings
For its tenth and final season before merging with the NFL, the AFL instituted a four team playoff tournament with the second place teams in each division also participating.


1969 American Football League season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1969 American Football League season, Playoffs, Super Bowl
The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 23–7, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, on January 11, 1970.


1969 American League Championship Series
The 1969 American League Championship Series was the first ALCS held after Major League Baseball adopted the two-division format that season. It featured the Baltimore Orioles vs. the Minnesota Twins, with the Orioles winning the series 3–0 and advancing to the 1969 World Series, where they would lose to the New York Mets in five games. The Orioles and Twins would meet again the following year, with similar results.


1969 American League Championship Series
This was the first of three straight appearances in the ALCS for the Orioles.


1969 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In the opener, Frank Robinson's home run in the fourth put the Orioles up 1–0 off of 20-game winner Jim Perry, but the Twins tied the game in the fifth inning when Tony Oliva hit a leadoff double off of Mike Cuellar, went to third on Robinson's error and scored on Bob Allison's sacrifice fly. Mark Belanger's home run in the bottom of the inning put the Orioles back in front 2–1, but Oliva's two-run home run in the seventh after a walk put the Twins up 3–2.


1969 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In the ninth inning, Boog Powell tied the score with a home run over the right-field fence. Reliever Ron Perranoski, who worked in all three games, shut off Baltimore's offense at that point. Then, with two down in the 12th and Mark Belanger on third, Paul Blair stepped to the plate. Acting on his own, he bunted toward third. Neither third sacker Harmon Killebrew nor catcher John Roseboro could make the play as Belanger sped across the plate with the winning run. Dick Hall, who pitched two-thirds of an inning, was the winner. Perranoski did not allow a ball to leave the infield in the 12th, but was the loser nonetheless.


1969 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Winner of 15 games in a row during the season, Dave McNally won the second game of the playoffs on his own shutout pitching and Curt Motton's 11th inning pinch-hit single. It scored Powell from second base with the only run of the game. Dave Boswell was the losing pitcher. McNally yielded only three hits, none after the fourth inning.


1969 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Orioles easily won this game and advanced to the World Series. Paul Blair, the swift center fielder who enjoyed a banner season, whacked five hits and drove in five runs. Left fielder Don Buford contributed four hits after going 0-for-9 in the first two games. Oriole Manager Earl Weaver employed a simple strategy to deal with Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew, AL MVP winner that year: Walk him in any dangerous situation. The Killer got nothing good to swing at until Game 3 was on ice. Baltimore pitchers walked him five times in the first two games and pitched to him only when he could not wreck them with one swing.


1969 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Rod Carew and Tony Oliva were the Twins' other top hitters during 1969. Carew, AL batting champ, was a dud in the playoffs, going 1-for-14. Oliva hit safely in each of the three games, including a home run in the opener, but was guilty of some shoddy fielding in the third game.


1969 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Twins struck first in the bottom of the first off of Jim Palmer on Rich Reese's RBI single after a two-out double and intentional walk, but Elrod Hendricks's two-run double after a double and error put the Orioles up 2–1 in the second. Two outs later, Don Buford's RBI single made it 3–1 Orioles and knocked starter Bob Miller out of the game. Paul Blair's two-run double in the fourth off of Dick Woodson made it 5–1 Orioles.


1969 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Twins scored their last run of the series in the fifth when Harmon Killebrew doubled with two outs and scored on Reese's single. Frank Robinson's RBI single with two on off of Al Worthington made it 6–2 Orioles in the sixth. Blair's two-run home run in the eighth off of Dean Chance made it 8–2 Orioles. Next inning, Davey Johnson hit a leadoff single off of Chance, then scored on Hendricks's double off of Ron Perranoski while Hendricks himself scored on an error. Mark Belanger singled and scored on Blair's two-out double. Palmer pitched a scoreless ninth to finish the series.


1969 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
This Monday game at Metropolitan Stadium forced the NFL's Minnesota Vikings to play their game against division rival Green Bay the previous day at the University of Minnesota's Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis. It was the first NFL game played in a Big Ten stadium. That same day, because the Atlanta Braves were hosting Game 2 of the NLCS, the Atlanta Falcons had to move their home game against the Baltimore Colts from Atlanta Stadium to Grant Field on the campus of Georgia Tech.


1969 American Soccer League
Statistics of the American Soccer League II for the 1969 season.


1969 Amstel Gold Race
The 1969 Amstel Gold Race was the fourth edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 18, 1969, in the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg. The race stretched 259 kilometres, with the start in Helmond and the finish in Meerssen. There were a total of 132 competitors, and 36 cyclists finished the race.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup
The 1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup was a football cup competition held between clubs in England and Italy won by Swindon Town. It was the inaugural Anglo-Italian League Cup competition.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, Background
The origin of the Anglo-Italian League Cup (also known as the Anglo-Italian Cup Winners' Cup and billed on the match programme as the International League Cup Winners' Cup) was to reward Swindon Town with European football in lieu of their ineligibility for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup following their victory in the 1968–69 League Cup, beating Arsenal in the final. The Football League Cup had been changed in 1967 so the winner would be awarded a place in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup; however, teams outside the First Division were not permitted in the competition.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, Background
Queens Park Rangers won that year's final but were omitted from the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup as they were in the Third Division. When Swindon, another third division club, won the League Cup two years later the Anglo-Italian League Cup was organised as a way of compensating them for the ruling that prevented them competing in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, Background
The competition consisted of a single two-legged match against the Italian team A.S. Roma who had won the Coppa Italia that season.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, The final
The final was played over two legs, with A.S. Roma drawn to host the first game in Rome. The second leg was played in England.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, The final, 1st leg
Roma relied on attacking tactics in the early stages of the game, forcing Swindon to defend and rely on counter-attack moves to break the dead-lock. The first half was characterised by the many attempts on goal by Roma's centre-forward Enzo saved by Swindon goalkeeper Downsborough.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, The final, 1st leg
In the 12th minute Roma were denied a penalty. Peiro had fed a pass through to Cappellini and, as the inside-right cut into the penalty area, he appeared to be sent full-length by a tackle from Harland. Instead of the expected penalty, English referee Kevin Howley gave Swindon a free-kick.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, The final, 1st leg
Shortly before half-time, Elvio Salvori, the Roma half back, dived over the outstretched leg of Roger Smart. A penalty was awarded, which Fabio Enzo converted. Just two minutes later, the half-time whistle sounded.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, The final, 1st leg
Then, as Salvori broke into the penalty area, he literally threw himself over the outstretched leg of Smart. Much to the dismay of the Town players, the referee immediately awarded a penalty from which Enzo scored.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, The final, 1st leg
The second half was more evenly contested, and Swindon equalised through Peter Noble who sliced a chipped free-kick from John Smith just out of the grasp of the Roma goalkeeper, Alberto Ginulfi. Roma responded with a period of concerted attack and were rewarded when Renato Cappellini headed home a cross from a corner, which proved to be the winner. Swindon pressurised the Italian defence for the final 10 minutes of the game but could not equalise, A.S. Roma won 2–1.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, The final, 2nd leg
For the second leg, Roma attempted to hold onto their lead with a defensive formation. It took Swindon five minutes to pull level on aggregate, when Arthur Horsfield volleyed home a cross from John Smith. The game remained at 1–0 until the 70th minute, when Horsfield added his second and Don Rogers scored the third two minutes later.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, The final, 2nd leg
With Roma pushing forward to get back into the game, Horsfield completed his hat-trick in the 89th minute – meaning Swindon Town had won 4–0 on the night, and 5–2 on aggregate.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, The final, 2nd leg
The gate receipts were reported as being £8794.19s, equivalent to around £145,820 in 2021.


1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup, Post game
Impressed with the competition and spirit of both fans and clubs, the Italian FA organised another Anglo-Italian competition for later the same season. This was to be the 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup, a competition that Swindon Town won. A.S. Roma were later Anglo-Italian Cup champions in 1972.


1969 Anguillian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Anguilla on 6 February 1969. Following the 1967 uprising on the island, which had seen the local police force expelled, British troops had taken over Anguilla, before leaving in January 1968. On 8 January 1969 Ronald Webster declared independence. A republican constitution was put forward and approved by 99.71% of voters. After the referendum, British troops returned to occupy the island on 19 March.


1969 Anguillian constitutional referendum
Webster later proposed a referendum with three options; independence, association with the UK or remaining in the Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla federation. Option two was later introduced without a vote, and Anguilla was administered separately from 1971, before being officially separated from Saint Kitts and Nevis in 1980.


1969 Argentine Primera División
The 1969 Primera División season was the 78th season of top-flight football in Argentina, with Chacarita Juniors and Boca Juniors winning the Metropolitano and Nacional championships.


1969 Argentine Primera División, Campeonato Metropolitano, Semifinals
River Plate won by GF in the championship: River Plate 35, Boca Juniors 34


1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team
The 1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team represented Arizona State University in the 1969 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Bobby Winkles in his 11th season at Arizona State.


1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team
The Sun Devils won the College World Series, defeating the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in the championship game.


1969 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team, Sun Devils in the 1969 MLB Draft
The following members of the Arizona State Sun Devils baseball program were drafted in the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft.


1969 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 1969 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their 12th season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled an 8–2 record (6–1 against WAC opponents), won the WAC championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 383 to 179.


1969 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The team's statistical leaders included Joe Spagnola with 1,488 passing yards, Dave Buchanan with 908 rushing yards, and Calvin Demery with 816 receiving yards.


1969 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 1969 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Weber, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7 record (3–3 against WAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the WAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 276 to 219. The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.


1969 Arizona Wildcats football team
Weber replaced Darrell Mudra, who left Arizona to become the head coach at Western Illinois at the end of the 1968 season. Without Mudra in charge, the Wildcats struggled heavily, which led to Arizona losing its first four games of the 1969 season and only winning only three games all year.


1969 Arizona Wildcats football team
The team's statistical leaders included Brian Linstrom with 1,598 passing yards, Ron Gardin with 759 rushing yards, and Hal Arnason with 489 receiving yards.


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their 12th year under head coach Frank Broyles, the Razorbacks compiled a 9–2 record (6–1 against SWC opponents), finished in second place behind Texas in the SWC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 353 to 103. The team finished the season ranked #7 in the final AP Poll and #3 in the final UPI Coaches Poll and went on to lose to Ole Miss in the 1970 Sugar Bowl.


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Roster
John Eichler		QB	Steve Walters		QB	Bill Burnett*		RB	Bruce Maxwell*		RB	Paul Blevins		RB	Russ Garber			RB Russell Cody		RB	Mike Hendren		RB	Dick Fuller			RBChuck Dicus*		WR	John Rees*		    WRDavid Cox		    WR	Steve Hockersmith	WR	Mike Schaufele		WR	W. Powell		    WR	Pat Morrison*		TE	Bobby Nichols		TE	Rodney Brand*		OL	Jerry Dossey*		OL	Ronnie Hammers*		OL	Mike Kelson*		OL	Bob Stankovich*		OL	Terry Hopkins		OL	Jim Mullins		    OL	Dick Bumpas*		DL	Bruce James*		DL	Rick Kersey*		DL	Gordon McNulty*		DL	Roger Harnish		DL


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Roster
Mike Boschetti*		LB	Lynn Garner*		LB	Cliff Powell*		LB	Richard Coleman		LB	Ronnie Jones		LB	Dennis Berner*		DB	Bobby Field*		DB	Jerry Moore*		DB	Terry Stewart*		DB	Steve Birdwell		DB	Dave Hogue		    DB	Cary Stockdell		P


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game of the Century
With two legendary coaches (Broyles and Royal), two neighboring states, two football powerhouses (8 of last 10 SWC Championships), and two recent National Championships (Arkansas in 1964 and Texas in 1963),  Arkansas and Texas had developed a rivalry. The game was moved from the usual third week in October to the first week in December so it could be televised nationally on ABC. President Richard Nixon attended the game, and AstroTurf was even installed in Razorback Stadium in preparation for the game.


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game of the Century
Arkansas' top-rated defense was going up against the #1-rated Texas offense, but the Hogs got on top early, with a 1-yard TD run by Bill Burnett. After halftime, Chuck Dicus hauled in a 29-yard touchdown pass, giving the Razorbacks a 14–0 lead heading into the game's final quarter. Longhorn QB James Street then led his squad to its first touchdown, and as coach Darrell Royal had planned, Texas attempted and completed the two-point conversion, which would in all likelihood prevent a tie.


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game of the Century
Arkansas then had the ball and the lead, and a 73-yard drive later, the Hogs were in good position to tack on a field goal that would put the game out of reach, but Razorback QB Bill Montgomery was intercepted in the end zone, giving the Longhorns new life. The Texas drive appeared stalled at the Longhorns' own 43, on a 4th and 3, when Royal gambled again. A 44-yard pass to Randy Peschel, who caught the ball in double coverage, put Texas at the Arkansas 13. Longhorn RB Jim Bertelsen would run in for the tying six points. The extra-point snap was high, but was snared by third-string QB Donnie Wigginton and the kick was converted by Longhorn kicker Happy Feller, giving Texas a 15–14 lead with 3:58 to play.


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Game of the Century
Arkansas drove to the Texas 40, looking for a field goal from All-American kicker Bill McClard, but the turnover bug struck again as Montgomery was again picked off.


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Sugar Bowl
Rivals Ole Miss and Arkansas met in the 1970 Sugar Bowl.


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Sugar Bowl
Ole Miss RB Bo Bowen scampered 69 yards to open the scoring, with Archie Manning adding another 18-yard TD run. Down 14–0, Arkansas responded with a 12-yard TD run by Bill Burnett, but the extra point was missed, and after a Rebel field goal and Archie Manning 30-yard TD strike, were down 24–6. Before halftime, Chuck Dicus hauled in a 47-yard pass from Bill Montgomery, but the two-point conversion was incomplete, and the Rebels took a 24–12 halftime lead.


1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team, Sugar Bowl
The third quarter produced a field goal from each team, and in the fourth quarter fullback Bruce Maxwell caught a six-yard strike from Montgomery to cut the lead to five, but the rally fell short, the Hogs losing by a 27–22 final.


1969 Army Cadets football team
The 1969 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Led by head coach Tom Cahill, the team finished with a record of 4–5–1. The Cadets offense scored 161 points, while the defense allowed 160 points.


1969 Army Cadets football team, Season
In 1969, Notre Dame and Army reprised their long series at Yankee Stadium. Games were played from 1925 to 1946 except 1930.


1969 Asia Golf Circuit
The 1969 Asia Golf Circuit was the eighth season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit, formerly known as the Far East Circuit.


1969 Asia Golf Circuit
Although Japanese players won five of the seven tournaments, none finished in the top five in the circuit championship as Hsieh Yung-yo of Taiwan won his fourth circuit prize, defending the title he won in 1968.


1969 Asia Golf Circuit, Schedule
The table below shows the 1969 Asia Golf Circuit schedule. There were no changes from the previous season.


1969 Asia Golf Circuit, Final standings
The Asia Golf Circuit standings were based on a points system.


1969 Asian Badminton Championships
The  1969 Asian Badminton Championships took place from 3–15 February 1969,in Manila, Philippines. Indonesia won the men's team competition after beating Malaysia 3–2 in the final. The match for third place between Japan and Philippines also ended 3–2.


1969 Asian Baseball Championship
The 1969 Asian Baseball Championship was the eighth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Taipei, Taiwan for the second time. Won by Japan for the sixth time, it was the third consecutive Asian Championship for the team; the second such sequence for Japan. It was only the second time in the tournament's history that the Philippines team medalled, winning the bronze medal. Taiwan (2nd) and South Korea (4th) were the other participants.


1969 Asian Baseball Championship, Bibliography
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1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament
The 1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the 2nd edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Ten domestic league champions from ten countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in Bangkok, Thailand and ten clubs were split in two groups of five. The group winners and the runners up advanced to semifinals.


1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. (ISR) defeated Korean club Yangzee FC (KOR) and became the second Israeli club to win the competition.


1969 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
The 1969 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football bowl game that featured the Houston Cougars and the Auburn Tigers.


1969 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Background
After two losses to Florida and Oklahoma State, the Cougars won eight straight games, including a perfect 5–0 record in the Astrodome, in their first bowl game since 1962. The Tigers finished third in the Southeastern Conference, after losses to #17 Tennessee and #9 LSU. This was their second straight bowl game.


1969 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Game summary
Auburn's Terry Beasley fumbled the opening kickoff and Houston safety Nick Holm recovered to set up a Houston opportunity three minutes into the game. Quarterback Gary Mullins scored on a touchdown plunge to make it 7–0. After Auburn punted the ball, Houston drove 70 yards in 14 plays, culminating with a Carlos Lopez 27-yard field goal to make it 10–0 in the beginning of the second quarter. After another Auburn punt, the Cougars scored again, highlighted by a 74-yard run by Jim Strong on first-and-10 at Houston's 16 to the Auburn 10. He scored on a touchdown plunge soon after.


1969 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Game summary
Auburn’s Mickey Zofko completed a 36-yard halfback option pass to Connie Frederick to make it 16–7 with 3:36 in the half. An 8- play, 71-yard drive was culminated by a Ted Heiskell touchdown run to make it 22–7 in the third quarter. With 11:48 remaining in the game, Houston scored again on a 12 yard touchdown run by Strong. With :35 seconds left, Rusty Clark threw a touchdown pass to Tommy Mozisek to make the final score 36–7. Jim Strong rushed for 184 yards on 32 carries.


1969 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Aftermath
Houston finished with a #12 ranking in the final AP Poll. The Cougars returned to the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl two years later. The next bowl game for Auburn was the 1971 Gator Bowl, following the 1970 season.


1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 crash
On 20 March 1969, a United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-18 crashed while attempting to land at Aswan Airport. 100 of the 105 passengers and crew on board were killed in the crash.


1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 crash, The crash
The flight was a non-scheduled international passenger service from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Aswan, Egypt. The aircraft was carrying home Muslim worshippers who had won a pilgrimage through a lottery. It was dark in the early morning when the flight attempted to land and blowing sand had reduced visibility to 2–3 kilometers. After two unsuccessful attempts to land, the aircraft was making a third try when it banked to the right and hit the left side of the runway. The starboard wing tore off and a fuel spillage followed which caused the crashed aircraft to burst into flames.


1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 crash, Cause
The probable cause was determined to be that the "Pilot descended below the minimum safe altitude without having the runway lights clearly in sight. A contributory factor was fatigue arising from continuous working hours without suitable rest periods."


1969 Atlanta Braves season
The 1969 Atlanta Braves season was the fourth in Atlanta and the 99th overall season of the franchise. The National League had been split into two divisions before the season, with the Braves somewhat incongruously being assigned to the National League West. The Braves finished with a record of 93–69, winning the first ever NL West division title by three games over the San Francisco Giants.


1969 Atlanta Braves season
After the season, the Braves played in the first-ever inter-divisional National League Championship Series. They went on to lose the NLCS to the eventual World Champion New York Mets, three games to none.


1969 Atlanta Braves season, Offseason, The new National League
The 1969 season marked the first year of divisional play in Major League Baseball. The Braves (along with the Cincinnati Reds) were placed in the National League West division, despite being located further east than the two westernmost teams in the new National League East, the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. This was because the New York Mets wanted to be in the same division as the reigning power in the NL, which were the Cardinals at the time (to compensate for playing against the Dodgers and Giants fewer times each season).


1969 Atlanta Braves season, Offseason, The new National League
The Cubs consequently demanded to be in the NL East as well in order to continue playing in the same division as the Cardinals, one of the Cubs' biggest rivals. But the primary reason for this odd alignment was that the Cardinals, Giants, and Cubs finished 1-2-3 the previous two seasons and it was feared putting them all in the West would create too big of a disparity in strength between the West and East.


1969 Atlanta Braves season, Regular season
Second baseman Félix Millán started the All-Star Game, along with right fielder Hank Aaron, and won his first Gold Glove.


1969 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1969 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1969 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1969 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1969 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1969 Atlanta Braves season, Postseason, National League Championship Series
New York wins the National League Championship and advances to the World Series


1969 Atlanta Falcons season
The 1969 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's fourth year in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their previous season's output of 2–12, winning six games. The Falcons had yet to reach the post season, and would not until 1978. The Falcons rookie squad would play a preseason game vs the minor league Alabama Hawks.


1969 Atlanta Falcons season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1969 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season since the 1933 season, and was the final year of the most recent positive Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO) era. The hurricane season officially began on June 1, and lasted until November 30. The season had the highest number of systems reach hurricane status – twelve – in a single season, until that record was surpassed in 2005. The season was above-average despite an El Niño, which typically suppresses activity in the Atlantic Ocean, while increasing tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific Ocean.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season
Activity began with a series of five tropical depressions, the first of which developed on May 29. The third system in that series, Tropical Depression Seven, caused extensive flooding in Cuba and Jamaica in early June. The final in the series formed on July 25, the same day that Tropical Storm Anna developed. Neither the former nor latter caused significant impact on land. Later in the season, Tropical Depression Twenty-Nine caused severe local flooding in the Florida Panhandle and southwestern Georgia in September.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season
The most significant storm of the season was Hurricane Camille, which peaked as a Category 5 hurricane on August 17 and devastated the Gulf Coast of the United States upon striking Mississippi the next day. Strong winds and storm surge heights especially impacted Mississippi and Louisiana. Later in its duration, the storm caused severe flooding Virginia and West Virginia. Camille alone was responsible for 259 deaths and $1.43 billion. It was the costliest United States hurricane at the time, until Hurricane Agnes in 1972.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season
In early September, Hurricane Francelia caused deadly floods in Central America, with 271 people killed in Central America. Hurricane Inga had the third longest duration of an Atlantic tropical cyclone. The last storm, Hurricane Martha, was the only known tropical cyclone to make landfall in Panama. Martha caused minor flooding in the former and Costa Rica. Overall, the systems of the season collectively caused 535 deaths and over $1.5 billion in losses.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The 1969 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1. Of the twenty-four tropical cyclones that developed in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1969, eighteen of them intensified into tropical storms; this was above the 1950–2000 average of 9.6 named storms. In terms of tropical storms, it was the busiest season since 1933. Twelve of the eighteen named storms reached hurricane status, a record that stood until there were fifteen named storms in 2005. Five of the hurricanes deepened into major hurricanes, which are Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
Between 1950 and 2000, there was an average of 2.3 major hurricanes per season. Throughout the season, the U.S. Weather Bureau issued more advisories than in any previous season. Additionally, reconnaissance aircraft were utilized for more flight hours than in any year in the Atlantic basin until that point. The season officially ended on November 30.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
Hurricane Camille made landfall in Mississippi on August 18 as a Category 5 hurricane, becoming one of only four tropical cyclones to strike the United States as a Category 5, other than the Labor Day hurricane in 1935 , Hurricane Andrew in 1992 , and Hurricane Michael in 2018. Project Stormfury had some of its most successful seeding experiments on Hurricane Debbie, which declined in wind speed by 31% on the first day and by 18% of the following day.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
With a duration of almost 25 days from September 20 to October 15, Hurricane Inga is the third longest-lasting tropical cyclone in the Atlantic, behind only the San Ciriaco hurricane of 1899 and Hurricane Ginger in 1971. On November 24, Hurricane Martha became the first tropical cyclone on record to strike Panama.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The season was above average despite an El Niño, which typically suppresses tropical cyclogenesis in the Atlantic Ocean while increasing activity in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The Atlantic upper tropospheric shear line, a semi-permanent feature that extended southeastward into the Caribbean Sea, which enhances outflow from disturbances, remained persistent throughout the season. However, the opposite periphery of the shear line inhibits the divergent outflow of a disturbance. This may have increased the number of tropical cyclones developing, while causing other storms to remain weak or dissipate over the deep tropics. Additionally, an abnormally strong mid-tropospheric ridge replaced the further south than normal westerlies that deterred tropical cyclone formation in 1968. Five hurricanes and two tropical storms made landfall, causing 535 deaths and $1.5 billion in damage; Tropical Depression Twenty-Nine also resulted in damage.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
Tropical cyclogenesis began early, with two tropical depressions forming on May 29. Neither intensified into a named storm. In June, two additional tropical depressions developed, both of which failed to reach tropical storm intensity. Activity briefly went dormant between June 15 and July 25, when the next depression originated. That same day, the season's first named storm, Anna, developed over the eastern Atlantic. There were five tropical cyclones that formed in the month of August – Blanche, Camille, Debbie, Eve, and Francelia. Camille was the most intense tropical cyclone of the season, peaking as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 900 mbar (27 inHg).


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
September was the most active month of the season, with six tropical cyclones, five of which intensified into a tropical storm – Gerda, Holly, Inga, and an unnamed hurricane. Of the five named storms that originated in October, three intensified into hurricanes, including Kara, Laurie, and an unnamed storm. This was well above the currently used 1981–2010 average of two tropical storms and one hurricane in the month of October. Although an unnamed hurricane existed into November, Martha was the only tropical cyclone to originate in that month. Martha, the last storm of the season, dissipated over Panama on November 25.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The season's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 166. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. It is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 39 mph (63 km/h), which is the threshold for tropical storm status.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Seven
Tropical Depression Seven developed near the Yucatan Peninsula on June 7. It moved north, reaching western Cuba by the following day. As the depression moved towards Florida, small-craft warnings were issued for the southern coast. The depression made landfall in Florida on June 9 and dissipated shortly thereafter. As a result of 2 to 3 in (51 to 76 mm) rain in Cuba, Radio Havana warned of a flash flood and later reported that three rivers were overflowing in Camagüey. Flooding also forced 1,801 people from their homes. Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph (24 to 40 km/h) and gusts up to 40 mph (64 km/h) were observed on the island. Impact from the depression in Florida is unknown.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Seven
Damage was catastrophic in Jamaica with landslides, flooding, broken communication lines, cancellation of its railway service and evacuation of hundreds of people from their homes. The Jamaica Railway Corporation's trains were disrupted by landslides blocking the tracks from Spanish Town to Port Antonio and floodwaters inundating a bridge in Gregory Park. A train bound for Kingston was disrupted by the flooded bridge, as was a diesel tram, isolating both trains at Richmond. Furthermore, the former train did not reach its destination due to landslides. The Jamaica Telephone Company reported troubles due to waterlogged telephone lines.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Seven
Schools and colleges in Kingston suspended classes and motorists in the area had difficulty traveling due to flooded roads. Correspondents from The Gleaner reported heavy rains, which inundated roads, washed away livestock and destroyed crops. On June 9, the Church Welfare Organization of the West Indies Junior Seventh Day Adventists set out food, money and blankets the victims.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Anna
On July 23, a tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa. By 0600 UTC on July 25, the system developed into Tropical Depression Twelve. Initially, the depression strengthened slowly while moving west-northwestward. Eventually, it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Anna on July 27. Intensification continued during the next 66 hours. On July 29, Anna peaked with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 1,002 mbar (29.6 inHg). Thereafter, the storm began to weaken and moved in a more northwesterly direction. Late on July 31, Anna was downgraded to a tropical depression, while situated north of the Lesser Antilles.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Anna
Anna briefly re-strengthened into a tropical storm late on August 1. The storm re-curved northeastward on August 2 and remained offshore of the East Coast of the United States. Ana once again reached tropical storm status by early on August 3. Further intensification occurred, with the storm reaching winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) later that day. However, Anna transitioned into an extratropical cyclone after merging with an extratropical low pressure area at 0000 UTC on August 4, while centered near Sable Island. The remnants continued rapidly east-northeastward across the Atlantic until becoming unidentifiable on August 5.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Blanche
A tropical wave was initially tracked about 1,300 mi (2,100 km) east of the Lesser Antilles on August 6. The system curved west-northward on August 6 and eventually moved around the western periphery of the Bermuda high. Late on August 10, a circulation developed and by 0000 UTC on August 11, the system became a tropical depression while located about 530 mi (850 km) east of Wabasso Beach, Florida. Under the influence of a trough, it headed rapidly north to north-northeastward. After ships reported winds up to 46 mph (74 km/h), the depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Blanche later on August 11.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Blanche
Significant intensification then occurred. Later on August 11, Navy reconnaissance reports indicated that Blanche reached hurricane intensity. After winds peaked at 85 mph (140 km/h), the strong southwesterly current which Blanche was embedded in caused the storm to accelerate northeastward. On August 12, the storm began losing tropical characteristics near Sable Island; namely, the wind field was becoming asymmetrical. At Sable Island, a weather station reported sustained winds of 51 mph (82 km/h) and gusts up to 69 mph (111 km/h). While passing to the south of Newfoundland, Blanche was absorbed by a frontal zone at 0000 UTC on August 13.


1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Camille
A tropical disturbance moved off the west coast of Africa on August 5, and developed into Tropical Storm Camille near Grand Cayman on August 14. The storm strengthened quickly and was a Category 3 hurricane when it struck near the western tip of Cuba on August 15. The storm damaged 100 homes on Isla de la Juventud, while 20,000 residents were left homeless on the mainland; Five fatalities were also reported and damages reached $5 million. Early on August 16, Camille emerged into the Gulf of Mexico.