Events in Sport
NHL All-Star Game
Oct 4 12th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: Montreal Canadiens beat All-Stars, 6-3
Maurice Richard
- Oct 8 Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time
Event of Interest
Oct 19 Stirling Moss wins season ending Moroccan Grand Prix at Ain-Diab but fellow Brit Mike Hawthorn takes World Drivers Championship from Moss by just 1 point by finishing second; first British world champion
Stirling Moss
Birthdays in Sport
Thomas Hearns
Oct 18 Thomas Hearns, American boxer (first boxer to win world titles in 5 weight divisions), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Thomas Hearns
- Oct 20 Dave Krieg, NFL quarterback played 19 seasons, for seven teams (Seattle Seahawks, 1980-91; K.C. Chiefs. 1992-3), born in Iola, Wisconsin
- Oct 25 Dipak Patel, Kenyan-New Zealand cricketer (in Kenya New Zealand off-spin all-rounder), born in Nairobi, Kenya
- Oct 25 Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-1972, 76), born in Plauen, East Germany
- Oct 30 Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 31 Russ Cochran, American golfer (Senior Open C'ship 2011), born in Paducah, Kentucky
- Oct 31 Jeannie Longo, French cyclist (59-time French champion and 13-time world champion), born in Annecy, France