Events in Sport
- Oct 2 8th NHL All-Star Game, Detroit Olympia, Detroit, MI: All-Stars tie Detroit Red Wings, 2-2
- Oct 2 New York Giants beat Cleveland Indians, 7-4 in Game 4 to sweep the Baseball World Series, 4-0; Indians trail 7-0 and never recover
- Oct 24 Britain's Mike Hawthorne wins season ending Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes; Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio takes second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from countryman José Froilán González
- Oct 28 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate
- Oct 30 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 1 Martin Strel, Slovenian long distance swimmer (Danube, Mississippi, Yangtze, Amazon River records), born in Mokronog, Slovenia
- Oct 3 Dennis Eckersley, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (AL Cy Young Award 1992; AL MVP 1992; Oakland A's), born in Oakland, California
- Oct 3 Branko Cikatić, Croatian kickboxer (first K-1 World Grand Prix Heavyweight C'ship 1993), born in Split, Croatia (d. 2020)
- Oct 8 Ben Amonette, American free pistol shooting athlete (Olympics 1992, 96), born in Radford, Virginia
- Oct 13 George Frazier, American baseball player, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Oct 19 Joe Bryant, American basketball player
- Oct 19 Sam Allardyce, English football manager
- Oct 20 Suru Nayak, cricketer (two Tests for India v England 1982)
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Oct 25 Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player (Olympic gold Medal 1980), born in Winthrop, Massachusetts
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- Oct 26 Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer, born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Oct 27 Chris Tavaré, British cricketer (England opener & occasional scorer of runs), born in Orpington, Kent
- Oct 28 Sammy Stewart, American MLB pitcher (World Series 1983; AL ERA leader 1981; Cleveland Indians), born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 2018)
- Oct 29 Herman Ronald Frazier, 400m/4x400m runner (Olympic gold 1976), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Oct 30 JoAnne Russell, American tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1977), born in Miami, Florida