Events in Sport
Baseball Record
Oct 2 LA Dodgers' Sandy Koufax strikes out World Series record 15 NY Yankees in Game 1 of the Baseball World Series at Yankee Stadium; Dodgers win, 5-2 and sweep series, 4-0
Sandy Koufax
NHL All-Star Game
Oct 5 17th NHL All-Star Game, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: Toronto Maple Leafs tie All Stars, 3-3; MVP: Frank Mahovlich, Toronto, LW
Frank Mahovlich
LPGA Championship
Oct 13 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC: Mickey Wright wins 4th LPGA title by 2 shots from Mary Mills, Louise Suggs & Mary Lena Faulk
- Oct 18 IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics
- Oct 24 Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award
NHL Record
Oct 27 Detroit Red Wings right wing Gordie Howe scores 544th career goal in 6-4 loss to Montreal Canadiens, tying Maurice Richard's all-time NHL regular season record
Gordie Howe
- Oct 30 Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award
Birthdays in Sport
Mark McGwire
Oct 1 Mark McGwire, American MLB 1st baseman, coach (12-time All Star, Oakland A's, St. Louis Cardinals), born in Pomona, California
Mark McGwire
- Oct 3 Dan Goldie, American tennis player and author ("The Investment Answer", #1 NY Times bestselling book), born in Sioux City Iowa
- Oct 4 A. C. Green, American basketball power forward (most consecutive games [1,192] in NBA and ABA history; LA Lakers), born in Portland, Oregon
- Oct 5 Hugh Morris, cricketer (England lefty opening batsman 1991)
Laura Davies
Oct 5 Laura Davies, British golfer (4 major titles; US Open 1987), born in Coventry, England
Laura Davies
- Oct 5 Tony Dodemaide, cricketer (Victorian, Sussex & Australian all-rounder)
- Oct 10 Mike Donnelly, American NHL left wing (Dallas Stars), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Oct 10 Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer (1984 Olympics), born in Amstelveen, Netherlands
- Oct 11 Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer (Israel national football team), born in Haifa, Israel
- Oct 12 Michael Zordich, American NFL strong safety (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Youngstown, Ohio
- Oct 12 Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2012)
- Oct 14 Keith Byars, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots)
- Oct 15 Angela Rock, American WPVA volleyball player (US Open-1992), born in Lakewood, California
- Oct 15 Stanley Menzo, Surinamese-Dutch soccer goalkeeper (Ajax/PSV), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
- Oct 17 Sergio Goycochea, Argentine footballer
- Oct 19 Jim Dombrowski, NFL guard (New Orleans Saints)
- Oct 20 Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer (Indian opening batsman)
- Oct 20 Nikos Tsiantakis, Greek footballer
- Oct 22 Brian Boitano, American figure skater (Olympic men's singles gold 1988), born in Mountain View, California
- Oct 23 David Bedard, Canadian springboard diver (Olympics 1984, 88, 92, 96), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Oct 24 John Hendrie, Scottish footballer, born in Lennoxtown, Scotland
- Oct 26 Tony Casillas, American NFL defensive tackle (NY Jets, Dallas Cowboys), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Oct 28 Kevin Dineen, Canadian NHL right wing, coach (Hartford Whalers, Philadelphia Flyers), born in Quebec City, Québec
- Oct 28 Lisa Bettio, WPVA volleyballer (Ft Myers Beach-17th-1992), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Oct 28 Robert Bailey, cricketer (England batsman in four Tests 1988-90)
- Oct 30 Mike Veletta, Australian cricketer (West Aussie opening batsman, 8 Tests for Aust), born in Perth, Australia
- Oct 30 Todd Sand, American pairs skaters (Olympics 1994), born in Burbank, California
- Oct 31 Fred McGriff, American baseball infielder (Atlanta Braves), born in Tampa, Florida
- Oct 31 Dunga [Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri], Brazilian footballer, born in Ijuí, Brazil
Deaths in Sport
- Oct 2 Herb Joesting, College Football Hall of Fame halfback/fullback (Uni of Minnesota; Chicago Bears), dies from heart failure at 58
- Oct 3 Bobby McDermott, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard and coach (2 × NBL Coach of the Year 1944-45, Fort Wayne Pistons), dies at 49
- Oct 15 Horton Smith. American golfer (US Masters 1934, 36), dies of Hodgkin's disease at 55