Events in Sport
- Oct 2 8th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Detroit 2-2 at Detroit
- Oct 2 NY Giants sweep Cleve Indians, in 51st World Series
- Oct 24 5th Formula One WDC: Juan Manuel Fangio wins by 16.86 points
- 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)
Golf Tournament
Oct 31 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Texas Golf Open
Betsy Rawls
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 1 Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
- Oct 3 Dennis Eckersley, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Oakland, California
- Oct 8 Ben Amonette, Radford VA, free pistol (Olympics 1992, 96)
- Oct 13 George Frazier, American baseball player
- Oct 15 Kip Byrne, Canadian Tour golfer (Mich State Jr-1970-71), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 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)
Mike Eruzione
Oct 25 Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player (Olympic gold Medal 1980), born in Winthrop, Massachusetts
Mike Eruzione
- 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 Samuel "Sammy" Stewart, Americal MLB pitcher (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, tennis player (Wimbledon Double 1977), born in Miami, Florida