Events in Sport
- Oct 3 NY Yanks Frank Crosetti shoves umpire Bill Summers in World Series, he is fined $200 & suspended for 1st 30 days of 1943 season
- Oct 5 St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series
- Oct 16 National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
- Oct 29 Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers
Birthdays in Sport
Steve Sabol
Oct 2 Steve Sabol, American filmmaker (35 Emmy awards, founder of NFL Films), born in Moorestown, New Jersey (d. 2012)
Steve Sabol
- Oct 11 Malvin Whitfield, Bay City Tx, track star (Olympic 3 gold/silv/br-48, 52)
- Oct 13 Jerry Jones, American businessman and owner of the Dallas Cowboys(1989-present), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 13 Bob Bailey, American baseball player
- Oct 18 Willie Horton, baseball slugger (Detroit Tigers)
- Oct 21 Allan Grice, Australian racing driver
- Oct 28 Kees Verkerk, skater World Champion (1967)/(Olympic gold 1968)
- Oct 28 Sharron Moran, LPGA golfer
- Oct 31 Dave McNally, American baseball player, born in Billings, Montana (d. 2002)