Events in Sport
- Oct 1 St. Louis Cardinals beats Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-2 in first MLB play-off game for a league championship (NL); St Louis wins series, 2-0
- Oct 3 Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0
- Oct 15 Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)
- Oct 15 St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 43rd World Series
- Oct 15 Enos Slaughter scores from 1st on a single in World Series
- Oct 20 Frank Seno returns kickoff 105 yd, Chicago Cards vs NY Giants
Birthdays in Sport
Tony Greig
Oct 6 Tony Greig, English cricket captain, all-rounder (1972-77) and commentator, born in Queenstown, South Africa (d. 2012)
Tony Greig
- Oct 8 Paul Splittorff, American MLB pitcher/broadcaster (KC Royals), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 2011)
- Oct 8 Aleksandr Gorshlov, ice dancer (holds 6 titles)
- Oct 10 Peter Mahvolich, NHL star (Montreal Canadiens)
- Oct 11 Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast (8 Olympic gold 1968, 72, 76), born in Gosen, Japan
- Oct 12 Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer (son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2008)
- Oct 14 James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, American football coach
- Oct 14 Al Oliver, American baseball player
- Oct 17 Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter/actor (Olympic gold 1968, "Soap"), born in Pomona California
- Oct 19 Bob Holland, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner at age 38)
- Oct 20 Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist
- Oct 21 Jim Hill, American sportscaster
- Oct 23 Miklos Nemeth, Hungarian javelin thrower (Olympic gold 1976)
- Oct 28 Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach
- Oct 29 Anura Tennekoon, cricketer (Sri Lankan World Cup captain 1975-79)
- Oct 30 Ian McGeechan, Scottish rugby player
- Oct 31 Ramnath Parkar, Indian cricket batsman (Indian in 2 Tests v England 1972-73), born in Mumbai, India (d. 1999)
Deaths in Sport
- Oct 16 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS), hanged