Events in Sport
- Oct 4 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox, 8 - 3, in a one-game playoff to decide the AL pennant; keys are the pitching of Gene Bearden and hitting of Lou Boudreau
- Oct 10 Then record 86,288 see game 5 of World Series in Cleveland
- Oct 11 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2 in 45th World Series
Event of Interest
Oct 12 Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager
Casey Stengel
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 1 Peter Blake, New Zealand yachtsman and winner of numerous Whitbread and America's Cup sailing contests, born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2001)
- Oct 2 Robert Anderson, New Zealand cricket batsman (9 Tests; top score 92 1976), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
- Oct 2 Sir Trevor Brooking, English soccer midfielder (47 caps; West Ham United 528 games), born in Barking, Essex
- Oct 4 Tom Webster, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (NY Rangers, LA Kings), born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario (d. 2020)
- Oct 14 André Guesdon, French soccer defender (Monaco, Nice) and manager (Viry-Châtillon, Angers, Brest), born in Benouville, France (d. 2020)
- Oct 16 Leo Mazzone, American baseball coach
- Oct 20 Andrei Suraikin, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic silver 1972)
- Oct 22 John Peterson, American freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 1976), born in Cumberland, Wisconsin
- Oct 22 Mike Hendrick, cricketer (England seam bowler in 30 Tests 1974-81)
- Oct 25 Dan Gable, American 68kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 1972), born in Waterloo, Iowa
- Oct 25 Dan Issel, American NBA coach and player (27,482 points, Denver Nuggets), born in Batavia, Illinois
Dave Cowens
Oct 25 Dave Cowens, American NBA forward (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks), born in Newport, Kentucky
Dave Cowens
Deaths in Sport
- Oct 16 Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies at 42