- Oct 1 Larry MacPhail, American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees), dies at 85
- Oct 4 Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist (co-founder and majority owner of MLB's New York Mets), dies at 72
- Oct 4 May Sutton, American tennis player (first American woman to win Wimbledon singles title 1905), dies at 89
- Oct 21 Charles Reidpath, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 4×400m relay 1912), dies at 86
- Oct 27 H. V. Porter, American basketball coach and administrator (created fan-shaped backboard; moulded basketball, rules films), dies at 84
- Oct 28 Georges Carpentier, French boxer (world light heavyweight champion 1920-22; 1st $1m gate v J Dempsey), dies of a heart attack at 81
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