Events in Sports History in October 1967

Sports History

Oct 1 Richard Petty continues phenomenal NASCAR winning streak by taking the Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway; unprecedented 10th consecutive victory

Oct 4 St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 2-1 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Fenway Park; first Fall Classic since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers; Cards win series, 4-3

Baseball Record

Oct 11 World Series record 3 consecutive HRs hit by Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli as Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Cardinals, 8-4 in Game 6 at Fenway Park

World Series

Oct 12 Baseball World Series: Lou Brock steals WS record 7 bases as St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 7-2 at Fenway Park for a 4-3 series win; MVP: Cards pitcher Bob Gibson

Baseball Hall of Fame Outfielder Lou Brock

Oct 13 First American Basketball Association (ABA) game is played with Oakland Oaks beating Anaheim Amigos, 132-129; red, white & blue ball and 3-point field goal introduced
Oct 13 Seattle SuperSonics (now OKC Thunder) lose NBA debut game, 144-116 to the San Francisco Warriors at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Oct 18 MLB American League votes to allow Kansas City Athletics to move to Oakland, California & expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City & Seattle teams - later accelerated to 1969 due to pressure from Kansas City politicians
Oct 19 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
Oct 20 Owner Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of the newly relocated Oakland A's
Oct 22 Denny Hulme becomes first New Zealander to win the F1 World Drivers Championship with 3rd place in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; wins title by 5 points from team leader Jack Brabham
Oct 22 Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts

Sports History

Oct 22 Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive VP of A's by Charlie Finley

Ryder Cup

Oct 22 Ryder Cup Golf, Champions GC: US beats Great Britain 23½-8½; Ben Hogan captains Americans to record 15-point victory margin

Oct 23 NJ Americans (later NY/NJ Nets) play 1st ABA game
Oct 29 Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
Oct 30 Arthur Allyn says Chicago White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
Oct 30 Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)
Oct 31 SF Giants Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award