- Oct 1 Lee Richmond, American baseball pitcher (first ever MLB perfect game, 1880), dies at 72
- Oct 21 Owen Dunell, South African cricket batsman (South Africa's 1st Test captain; 2 Tests), dies at 73
- Oct 25 James Lillywhite, English cricket slow bowler (1st England Test captain; 2 Tests, 8 wickets; Sussex CCC) and umpire (6 Tests 1881–99), dies at 87
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