October 1952 in Sport

Events in Sport

Oct 19 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament

Oct 1 Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
Oct 2 Steve Penrod, race horse trainer
Oct 3 Gary Troup, cricketer (NZ lefty pace bowler in 15 Tests 1976-86)
Oct 4 Anita Luceete Defrantz, rower (Olympic bronze 1976), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 7 Graham Yallop, cricketer (Australian capt in 7 Tests, won 1 lost 6)
Oct 7 Ludmila Tourischeva, USSR, gymnast (Olympic gold 1972)
Oct 12 Trevor Chappell, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, underarm bowling controversy), born in Adelaide, South Australia
Oct 14 Nikolai Adrianov, USSR, gymnast (Olympic-4 gold/2 silver/bronze-1976)
Oct 18 Roy Dias, cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman)
Oct 18 Jerry Royster, American baseball player
Oct 19 Alexander Leibkind, German judo (Olympic 76)/WLAF GM (Rhein Fire)
Oct 20 Dave Collins, baseball player
Oct 20 Dave McLelland, Canadian NHL goaltender (Vancouver Canucks), born in Penticton, British Columbia
Oct 25 Imran Khan, Pakistani cricket all-rounder, politician (88 Tests, 3,807 runs, 362 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan
Oct 25 Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004)
Oct 28 Flavian Aponso, cricketer (rebel Sri Lankan 1982, Neth World Cup 1996)
Oct 29 Beth Solomon, LPGA golfer