Miscellaneous Sports Champions of '69
James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy - Amateur Sportsman
Bill Toomey, Track
Track and Field News Athlete of the Year
Bill Toomey, USA (Decathlon)
Tour de France
Eddy Merckx, Belgium
Boston Marathon
Men - Yoshiaki Unetani, Japan (2:13:49)
Softball
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Men's |
Women's |
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Major Fast Pitch |
Raybestos Cardinals |
Orange Lionettes |
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Major Slow Pitch |
Copper Hearth, Milwaukee |
Converse Dots, Hialeah, FL |
Soccer
NCAA Men's Division I Champion
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Winner |
Head Coach |
Score |
Runner-Up |
Host/Site |
Semifinalists |
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Saint Louis |
Harry Keough |
4-0 |
San Francisco |
San Jose St. |
Harvard, Maryland |
Hermann Trophy - College Player of the Year
Al Trost, Saint Louis
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North American Soccer League
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Playoff Final |
Regular Season |
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Winner |
Score(s) |
Loser |
Leading Scorer |
G |
A |
Pts |
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Kansas City Spurs |
No game |
Atlanta Chiefs |
Kaiser Motaung, Atlanta |
16 |
4 |
36 |
Pro Rodeo
All-Around Champion Cowboy
Larry Mahan, $57,726
Five Nations Rugby Champion
Wales
Chess
World Chess Champion
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1963-1969 |
Tigran Petrosian, USSR |
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1969-1972 |
Boris Spassky, USSR |
U.S. Chess Champion
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1968-1969 |
Larry Evans |
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1969-1972 |
Samuel Reshevsky |
