Events in Sport
- Oct 3 NY Yankees shortstop Frank Crosetti shoves umpire Bill Summers in Game 3 of the Baseball World Series; he is fined $250 & suspended for first 30 days of 1943 season
- Oct 3 Triple Crown winner Whirlaway, ridden by George Woolf wins the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park to become the first thoroughbred to amass more than $500,000 in lifetime earnings
- Oct 5 St Louis Cardinals win club's 4th Baseball World Series; beat NY Yankees, 4-2 in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium for 4-1 series victory
- 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 10 Chartchai Chionoi, Thai boxer (WBC/WBA flyweight champion), born in Bangkok, Thailand (d. 2018)
- 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, born in Long Beach, California
- 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)