Events in Sports History in October 1975

The Thrilla in Manila

Oct 1 "The Thrilla in Manila"; Muhammad Ali stops Joe Frazier in 14 rounds in Quezon City, the Philippines to retain his WBC/WBA heavyweight title

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali

F1 World Champion

Oct 5 Austrian Niki Lauda wins the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen to claim his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 19.5 points from Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil

Oct 7 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0
Oct 7 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 0
Oct 7 Players' Association files a suit on behalf of Dodgers' Andy Messersmith
Oct 8 San Antonio Spurs, then members of the ABA, defeat the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, 109-107 in the first basketball game ever played in the Louisiana Superdome

NHL Record

Oct 11 Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick

Oct 12 American Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon 2:38:19 in the Nike OTC Marathon, Eugene, Oregon
Oct 19 Cleveland Browns' Don Cockroft kicks club record 5 field goals
Oct 21 Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS