Chronology of Sports

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Last updated: 2012 January 26.

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 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 28

• Second ABA All-Star Game: West 133 beats East 127 at Louisville. [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 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

• 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

• 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 30

• Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational. [1]

Other web pages of interest:

Chronology of Notable Deaths

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