Events in Sport
- Oct 2 New York Yankees win their 12th consecutive World Series game and sweep the Fall Classic for the third time; Bronx Bombers bang out 19 hits as they rout Chicago Cubs, 13-6 at Wrigley Field
Event of Interest
Oct 19 Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP
Jimmie Foxx
Chuck Klein
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 2 Maury Wills, American baseball shortstop and manager (7-time MLB All Star; NL MVP 1962), born in Washington, D.C.
- Oct 5 Madhav Apte, Indian cricketer (bro of Arvind 7 Tests for India, 1 century), born in Mumbai, India
- Oct 8 Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player, born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales
- Oct 12 Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and announcer (50 Grand National victories), born in Conover, North Carolina
- Oct 12 Vitold Kreyer, Russian athlete (Olympic bronze, triple jump 1956, 60) and coach (Soviet athletics team 1967–80; head Russian team 2000 Olympics), born in Krasnodar, Russia (d. 2020)
- Oct 17 Paul Anderson, American light super heavyweight lifter (Olympic gold 1956)
- Oct 20 Roosevelt Brown, Virginia, NFL hall of fame tackle (NY Giants)
- Oct 20 Rosey Brown, American football player (d. 2004)
- Oct 24 Johnny Lattner, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1953, Notre Dame; Pro Bowl 1954, Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
- Oct 26 Chinadorai Deshmutu, Indian field hockey player (1952 Olympics)
- Oct 27 Kathy Cornelius, American golfer (US Open 1956), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Oct 27 Harry Gregg, Irish soccer goalkeeper (25 caps Northern Ireland; Manchester United) and manager (Shrewsbury Town, Swansea, Crewe Alexandra), born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland (d. 2020)
- Oct 29 Dick Garmaker, American basketball guard (NBA All Star 1957-60; Minneapolis Lakers), born in Hibbing, Minnesota (d. 2020)
Deaths in Sport
- Oct 18 Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)