Events in Sport in October 1978

Oct 6 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5

Oct 7 LA Dodgers win the pennant
Oct 7 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1
Oct 7 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 1

Oct 8 29th Formula One WDC: Mario Andretti wins by 13 points

Oct 11 Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th

Oct 13 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
Oct 14 NY Yank Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st & deflects the ball away

Oct 14 Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 NY Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1

Oct 16 Test debut of Kapil Dev, India v Pakistan at Faisalabad

Oct 22 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Houston Exchange Golf Classic Clubs

Oct 22 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)
Oct 24 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs NY Islanders
Oct 25 Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL)

Oct 28 Bobby Orr scores his last career NHL goal (vs Detroit Red Wings)