Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Oct 6 Islander's Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick
Mike Bossy
- Oct 6 NY Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands
- Oct 8 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime game losing to NY Islanders 8-7
- Oct 8 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 3 games to 1
- Oct 8 MLB American League Championship: Baltimore Orioles beat Chicago White Sox, 3 games to 1
- Oct 10 Tom Monaghan becomes CEO of Detroit Tigers
- Oct 15 Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)
- Oct 15 34th Formula One WDC: Nelson Piquet wins by two points
- Oct 16 25th Ryder Cup: US, 14½-13½ at PGA National Golf Club (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US)
- Oct 16 Balt Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3 in 80th World Series
- Oct 19 Philadelphia Flyers begin 13 NHL game win streak
- Oct 23 13th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00
- Oct 23 14th NYC Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 1 Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
- Oct 3 Frederico Chaves Guedes, Brazilian footballer
- Oct 4 Dan Clarke, British racing driver
- Oct 4 Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
- Oct 5 Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Oct 8 Michael Fraser, Scottish football goalkeeper
- Oct 8 Travis Pastrana, American motorsports competitor
- Oct 9 Jang Mi-Ran, South Korean weightlifter
- Oct 9 Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver
- Oct 9 Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player
- Oct 10 Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Oct 11 Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player
- Oct 12 Alex Brosque, Australian footballer
- Oct 14 Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player
- Oct 14 Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player (two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion), born in Longyan, China
- Oct 17 Ivan Saenko, Russian football player
- Oct 20 Luis Saritama, Ecuadorian footballer
- Oct 21 Zack Greinke, American baseball player
- Oct 21 Andy Marté, Dominican baseball player
- Oct 22 Glenn Loovens, Dutch footballer
- Oct 23 Filipos Darlas, Greek footballer
- Oct 24 Brian Vickers, American race car driver
- Oct 26 Dmitri Sychev, Russian football player
- Oct 26 Francisco Liriano, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Oct 26 Luke Watson, South African rugby player
- Oct 27 Brent Clevlen, American baseball player
- Oct 28 Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
- Oct 29 Maurice Clarett, American football player
- Oct 29 Dana Eveland, American baseball player
- Oct 29 Jason Tahincioglu, Turkish racing driver
- Oct 30 Iain Hume, Canadian footballer (Kerala Blasters), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Oct 30 Trent Edwards, American Football Player
Deaths in Sport
George Halas
Oct 31 George Halas [Papa Bear], American NFL coach and pioneering owner of the Chicago Bears, dies of pancreatic cancer at 88
George Halas