- Oct 2 Fidel LaBarba, American boxer (Olympic gold flyweight 1924; world flyweight title 1927), dies of heart failure at 76
- Oct 4 Freddie Lindstrom, American Baseball Hall of Fame utility (New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 75
- Oct 15 Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (b. 1907)
- Oct 30 Lew Jenkins, American boxer (World Lightweight Champion 1940-41), dies at 64
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