Events in Sports History in October 1984

Sports History

Oct 1 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of Major League Baseball; he has a 4 year tenure

Olympic Executive and Commissioner of Baseball Peter Ueberroth

Oct 2 Due to a strike by MLB umpires, first 4 NLCS games played with replacement umpires; Game 1: Chicago Cubs beat SD Padres, 13-0
Oct 7 MLB National League Championship: San Diego Padres beat Chicago Cubs, 3 games to 2
Oct 7 Striking umps return for Game 5 of NLCS, San Diego Padres win pennant

Sports History

Oct 7 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader

NFL Legend and Civil Rights Activist Jim Brown

Oct 13 Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders
Oct 13 John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million
Oct 14 Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, 8-4 at Tiger Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 1; MVP: Detroit shortstop Alan Trammell
Oct 14 NFL Cleveland Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yds, in 24-20 loss to visiting NY Jets

NHL Record

Oct 20 Islander's Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick, in his 6th career 4-goal game, an 8-3 win over visiting Los Angeles Kings

F1 World Champion

Oct 21 Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda becomes a 3-time Formula 1 World Drivers champion when he finishes 2nd in the season ending Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; wins title by just 0.5 from Alain Prost

Oct 21 Cleveland Browns' Steve Cox sets club record with a 60-yd field goal
Oct 21 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05
Oct 22 Future Pro Football HOF quarterback Ken Stabler retires after 17 seasons in the NFL with Oakland Raiders, Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints
Oct 23 Chicago Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
Oct 27 Washington State University's running back Rueben Mayes sets collegiate football record of 357 yards rushing in one game (at Oregon)