1969
- January 1
- Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee. [1]
- January 12
- Super Bowl III: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts, 16-7 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Joe Namath, quarterback for New York Jets. [1]
- January 13
- Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, versus Australia Headingley 1938), dies. [1]
- January 19
- AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-25. [1]
- Joanne Carner wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational. [1]
- NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 10-7. [1]
- January 21
- 22nd NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 3-3 at Montréal, Quebec, Canada. [1]
- January 22
- Roy Campanella and Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame. [1]
- January 24
- Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at age 72. [1]
- January 28
- Second ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville. [1]
- Barbara Jo Rubin becomes first woman jockey to win in North America. [1]
- January 29
- Sheahan and Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia versus West Indies. [1]
- February 1
- US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn. [1]
- US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood. [1]
- February 2
- Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into baseball Hall of Fame. [1]
- February 4
- 41,163, largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cincinnati Royals versus Detroit Pistons, San Diego Rockets versus Boston Celtics. [1]
- John Madden is named head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders. [1]
- February 5
- Vince Lombardi becomes part owner, vice president, general manager and head coach of Washington Redskins. [1]
- February 7
- Diane Crump becomes first woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah, Florida). [1]
- February 9
- Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Olympics-gold 1928), dies at age 68. [1]
- February 10
- LSU Pete Maravich scores 66, despite losing to Tulane 101-94. [1]
- February 11
- Diana Crump becomes first US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah. [1]
- February 18
- Doug Walters scores second innings century after 242 in first. [1]
- February 21
- José de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympics fencer, dies. [1]
- Ted Williams signs five-year contract to manage Washington Senators. [1]
- February 22
- First female US thoroughbred pari-mutuel jockey win (Barbara Jo Rubin). [1]
- February 25
- Pension plan for baseball is agreed to. [1]
- February 28
- Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of Great Britain. [1]
- Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Rodnina and Ulanov of USSR. [1]
- Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert, German Democratic Republic. [1]
- Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA. [1]
- March 1
- New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball. [1]
- March 2
- Phil Esposito becomes first NHL Player to score 100 points in a season. [1]
- March 14
- Barbara Jo Rubin becomes first woman jockey to win at Aqueduct. [1]
- Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, West Indies versus New Zealand. [1]
- March 16
- Boston Bruins scores a NHL record eight goals in one period. [1]
- March 17
- Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Open. [1]
- March 22
- 31st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72; UCLA wins its 5th national championship in six years. [1]
- March 23
- Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Charlotte Golf Invitational. [1]
- March 25
- Norman Gallichan, cricketer (one Test for New Zealand, 30 and 2, 3-113), dies. [1]
- March 30
- Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational. [1]
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