This is a list of players named as

All-Pro All-Pro is an honor bestowed upon professional American football players that designates the best player at each position during a given season. All-Pro players are typically selected by press organizations, who select an "All-Pro team," a list th ...

s based on their performance in the 1969

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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

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(NFL) and

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(AFL) are included.

Selectors

Teams were selected by several publications and wire services: the

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(AP), the

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(HoF), the

Newspaper Enterprise Association The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) is an editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States and established in 1902. The oldest syndicate still in operation, the NEA was originally a secondary news ...

(NEA), the

New York Daily News The New York ''Daily News'', officially titled the ''Daily News'', is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, NJ. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in ta ...

(NYDN),

Pro Football Weekly ''Pro Football Weekly'' (sometimes shortened to ''PFW'') is an American sports magazine, founded in 1967, and website that covers the National Football League (NFL). It was owned by Pro Football Weekly LLC and headquartered in Riverwoods, Illinoi ...

(PFW), the

Pro Football Writers of America The Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), sometimes known as Pro Football Writers Association, is an organization that purports to be " heofficial voice of pro football writers, promoting and fighting for access to NFL personnel to best serve ...

(PFWA), the

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(SN) and the

United Press International United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th ...

(UPI). 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. 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.

NFL All-Pros

Eight NFL players were named to the first-team of every list presented here:

Lem Barney Lemuel Joseph Barney (September 8, 1945) is a former American football player. A native of Gulfport, Mississippi, he played college football at Jackson State from 1964 to 1966. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions of the National Football Leagu ...

Bob Brown Robert James Brown (born 27 December 1944) is a former Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasman ...

, Dick Butkus, Carl Eller,

Deacon Jones David D. "Deacon" Jones (December 9, 1938 – June 3, 2013) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, and the Washington Redskins. H ...

, David Lee,

Gale Sayers Gale Eugene Sayers (May 30, 1943September 23, 2020) was an American professional football player who was both a halfback and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). In a relatively brief but highly productive NFL career, Saye ...

and

Mick Tingelhoff Henry Michael Tingelhoff (May 22, 1940 – September 11, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a center for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 1962 to 1978. He was elected to the Pro Football H ...

Key (NFL)

*AP = Associated Press All-NFL team *HoF = Pro Football Hall of Fame All-Pro team *NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association All-Pro team *NEA-NFL = Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL team *NYDN = New York Daily News All-NFL team *PFW = Pro Football Weekly All-Pro team *PFW-NFL = Pro Football Weekly All-NFL team *PFWA = Pro Football Writers of America All-Pro team *SN = Sporting News All-Conference team *UPI = United Press International All-NFL team denotes a tie in balloting

AFL All-Pros

Two AFL players were named to the first-team of every list presented here:

Bobby Bell Bobby Lee Bell Sr. (born June 17, 1940) is an American former professional football player who played as an outside linebacker and defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the College Football ...

and Willie Brown.

Key (AFL)

*AP = Associated Press All-AFL team *HoF = Pro Football Hall of Fame All-Pro team *NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association All-Pro team *NEA-AFL = Newspaper Enterprise Association All-AFL team *NYDN = New York Daily News All-AFL team *PFW = Pro Football Weekly All-Pro team *PFW-AFL = Pro Football Weekly All-AFL team *PFWA = Pro Football Writers of America All-Pro team *SN = Sporting News All-AFL team *UPI = United Press International All-AFL team denotes a tie in balloting

References

NFL All-Pros from Pro-Football-Reference.com
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