Events in Sports History in October 1960

Oct 1 14th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 2-1

Golf Tournament

Oct 2 Mickey Wright becomes first player in LPGA Tour history to average fewer than 74 strokes per round to win the Vare Trophy after a season average of 73.25; first of 5 consecutive Vare Trophies for Wright

Oct 3 New York Yankees beat rival Boston Red Sox, 8-7 at Yankee Stadium, ending season on 15 game winning streak & MLB record 193 HRs
Oct 8 3rd Rugby League World Cup: Great Britain beats Australia 10-3
Oct 10 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards
Oct 11 Radio/TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers
Oct 13 Baseball World Series: Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off HR beats NY Yankees, 10-9 at Forbes Field in series deciding Game 7; MVP: Yankees 2B Bobby Richardson

Sports History

Oct 18 Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)

Baseball Hall of Fame Manager Casey Stengel

Oct 20 Ralph Houk, 41, replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager
Oct 26 MLB: American League approves existing Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins, and two new expansion franchises - Los Angeles Angels & Washington (D.C.) Senators; 1961 season schedule grows from 154 to 162 games