- Oct 11 Dutch Clark, American Pro/College Football HOF back (Colorado College; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × NFL rushing TD leader & NFL scoring leader; Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions), born in Fowler, Colorado (d. 1978)
Joe Cronin (1906-1984)
Oct 12 American Baseball HOF shortstop (7 x MLB All Star), manger (Boston RS, Washington Senators) and executive (AL President 1959-73), born in San Francisco, California
Primo Carnera (1906-1967)
Oct 25 Italian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34), born in Sequals, Italy
- Oct 30 Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver and one-time F1 world champion, born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1966)
About October 1906
How Old? 117 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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