Events in Sport
- Oct 2 Wide receiver Art Monk begins NFL streak of 183 consecutive games with a reception in the Washington Redskins' 37-35 win over the LA Raiders
- Oct 2 Green Bay Packers erupt for NFL record 49 points in the first half (35 in the second quarter) to clobber the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 55-14 at Tampa Stadium
NHL Record
Oct 5 Edmonton super star Wayne Gretzky scores a goal and assist in 5-4 win over Toronto in the Oilers season opener; starts NHL record 51-game scoring streak; ends 28/1/84
Wayne Gretzky
- Oct 5 Panamanian jockey Jorge Velasquez wins his 5,000th career race, riding Banquet Scene to victory in the 4th race at Belmont Park
NHL Record
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 Nelson Piquet of Brazil finishes 3rd in the season ending South African Grand Prix at Kyalami to clinch his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 2 points from Alain Prost
Ryder Cup
Oct 16 Ryder Cup Golf, PGA National GC: US wins 14½-13½; Bernard Gallacher's missed 3-foot putt for bogey gives Tom Watson 2 & 1 win and the US winning point
Tom Watson
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, born in Inverness, Scotland
- Oct 8 Travis Pastrana, American motorsports competitor, born in Annapolis, Maryland
- Oct 9 Jang Mi-Ran, South Korean weightlifter (Olympic gold 2008), born in Gangwon, South Korea
- Oct 9 Andreas Zuber, Austrian racing driver, born in Judenburg, Austria
- Oct 9 Stephen Gionta, American ice hockey player, born in Rochester, New York
- Oct 10 Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Highfield, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Oct 11 Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player, born in Horlivka, Ukraine
- Oct 12 Alex Brosque, Australian footballer (Sydney FC), born in Sydney, Australia
- 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 Marc Leishman, Australian golfer (British Open 2015 runner-up), born in Warrnambool, Victoria
- 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