Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Oct 1 Canadian freestyle skier and two-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau retires at 27
Alexandre Bilodeau
- Oct 4 20th Rugby Championship: Australia beats New Zealand 27-19 to win
- Oct 5 1st F1 death due to a racing accident in 21 years: France's Jules Bianchi collides with a recovery vehicle during the Japanese Grand Prix, suffering a diffuse axonal injury and dying 2 days later
- Oct 15 MLB American League Championship: Kansas City Royals beat Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 0
- Oct 16 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1
- Oct 21 San Francisco Giants win game one of the 2014 World Series
- Oct 28 Kansas City Royals defeat the San Francisco Giants 10–0 in the 6th game to tie the 2014 World Series 3-3
- Oct 29 San Francisco Giants win the 2014 World Series
- Oct 29 Madison Bumgarner is named MLB 2014 World Series MVP
Hall of Fame
Oct 31 Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
Tony La Russa
Greg Maddux
Deaths in Sport
- Oct 26 Jeff Robinson, American baseball player, dies at 52