This is a list of players named as All-Pros based on their performance in the 1969 AFL 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 National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) are included.
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Selectors
Teams were selected by several publications and wire services: the Associated Press (AP), the Pro Football Hall of Fame (HoF), the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), the New York Daily News (NYDN), Pro Football Weekly (PFW), the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), the Sporting News (SN) and the United Press International (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, Bob Brown, Dick Butkus, Carl Eller, Deacon Jones, David Lee, Gale Sayers and Mick Tingelhoff.
Key (NFL)
t denotes a tie in balloting
AFL All-Pros
Two AFL players were named to the first-team of every list presented here: Bobby Bell and Willie Brown.
Key (AFL)
t denotes a tie in balloting