Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Oct 11 Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible)

Lou Gehrig
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 6 Alice Bauer, LPGA golfer
- Oct 8 Torbjorn Falkanger, Norwegian ski jumper who took the Olympic oath in 1952, born in Trondheim, Norway (d. 2013)
- Oct 10 Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955)
- Oct 15 Bill Henry, Alice, TX, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds), (d. 2014)
- Oct 18 Ramesh Divecha, cricketer (eleven wickets for India in early 50's)
- Oct 25 Franklin "Bud" Held, American javelin world champ (1949, 51, 53-55), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 25 Headley Keith, South African cricketer (solid left-handed for South Africa in the 1950's), born in Dundee, Natal
- Oct 29 Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)
- Oct 30 Joseph Wilbur Adcock, manager/player (Braves)
Deaths in Sport
- Oct 22 Ross Youngs, American baseball player, dies of Bright's disease at 30