1969 in sports

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Births

• January 3 - Michael Schumacher, Formula One driver
• January 16 - Roy Jones Jr., boxer
• February 1 - Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine football player
• February 3 - Retief Goosen, South African golfer
• February 11 - Bryan Eversgerd US baseball player
• February 12 - Hong Myung-Bo, South Korean football player
• March 20 - Karen Smithies, English cricketer.
• April 25 - Jo Chamberlain, English cricketer.
• May 2 - Brian Lara, West Indies cricketer
• May 15 - Emmitt Smith, American football player
• June 14 - Steffi Graf, German tennis player
• June 15 - Oliver Kahn, German football goalkeeper
• July 25 - Andrea Wieland, US field hockey goalkeeper
• August 31 - Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer
• September 10 - Nicola Payne, New Zealand cricketer
• September 13 - Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
• September 20 - Jennifer Turner, New Zealand cricket player
• September 25 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
• October 10 - Brett Favre, American football player
• October 17 - Ernie Els, South African golfer
• December 24 - Leavander Johnson, American boxing world champion (d. 2005)