Events in Sport
- Oct 2 Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine sets a Baseball World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a 3-2 Game 3 win against the New York Yankees.
- Oct 3 Ryder Cup Golf, Wentworth: San Snead wins 6 of 7 matches to lead US to 6th consecutive Cup win, 6½-5½ over Great Britain
- Oct 3 7th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-1
- Oct 4 British runner Jim Peters sets world marathon record 2:18:34.8 in the Turku Marathon in Finland
Event of Interest
Oct 4 NY Yankees slugging center fielder Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam off Russ Meyer; Bronx Bombers hold on to win, 11-7 v Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of Baseball World Series; Yankees win series, 4-2
Mickey Mantle
- Oct 5 50th Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4-3 in Game 6 for 4-2 series win; NY 2nd baseman Billy Martin's 12 hits sets WS record; Yankees win record 5th consecutive WS
Event of Interest
Oct 8 Birmingham, Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group
Jackie Robinson
- Oct 18 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times
NFL Record
Oct 25 Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles
Otto Graham
- Oct 28 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 1 Grete Waitz, Norwegian marathon runner and former world record holder who in 1979 became the 1st woman to run the marathon in under 2 1/2 hours, born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2011)
- Oct 1 Pete Falcone, American baseball player
- Oct 9 Hank Pfister, American tennis star, born in Bakersfield, California
- Oct 10 Gus Williams, American NBA guard (Golden State, Seattle, Washington), born in Mount Vernon, New York
- Oct 13 Pat Day, American jockey, born in Brush, Colorado
- Oct 14 Roland Butcher, Barbados born English cricketer (1st cricketer of Caribbean descent to play for England 1981), born in Saint Philip Parish, Barbados
- Oct 16 Susan Pedersen, American 4 X 100m medley swimmer (Olympic gold 1968)
- Oct 16 Paulo Roberto Falcão, Brazilian footballer
Keith Hernandez
Oct 20 Keith Hernandez, MLB 1st baseman (St Louis Cardinals, NY Mets), born in San Francisco, California
Keith Hernandez
- Oct 24 James di Donato, open water swimmer, one of the Tiger Twins (world record for swimming the butterfly in 40.6 miles)
- Oct 24 Jonathan di Donato, open water swimmer, one of the Tiger Twins (world record for swimming the butterfly in 40.6 miles)
- Oct 25 Mark Will McNulty, Bindwa Zimbabwe, PGA golfer (1982 Danny Thomas-4th)
- Oct 25 Muffin Spencer-Devlin, Piqua OH, LPGA golfer (1985 MasterCard Pro-Am)
Denis Potvin
Oct 29 Denis Potvin, Canadian born NHL defenseman (NY Islanders - Norris trophy), born in Vanier, Ontario
Denis Potvin
- Oct 31 John Lucas, NBA guard (Houston, Golden State, Milwaukee), born in Durham, North Carolina
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Oct 3 MLB player and manager Sparky Anderson (19) weds childhood sweetheart Carol Valle
Sparky Anderson
Wedding of Interest
Oct 6 MLB baseball player Hank Aaron (19) weds Barbara Lucas
Hank Aaron
Wedding of Interest
Oct 26 Tennis champion Tony Trabert (23) weds beauty queen Shauna Wood at the Salt Lake Country Club in Salt Lake City, Utah
Tony Trabert
Deaths in Sport
- Oct 27 Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)