Events in Sports History in October 1988

Oct 1 Bradley Center in Milwaukee opens with an exhibition hockey game between Chicago Blackhawks and Edmonton Oilers; construction cost $90 million; closed 2018
Oct 1 Canadian synchronised swimmer Carolyn Waldo teams with Michelle Cameron to win the duet gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; wraps up double having won individual title

Olympic Gold

Oct 1 Flamboyant American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins her third gold medal of the Seoul Olympics anchoring the victorious US 4 x 100m relay team

Sports History

Oct 1 Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313)

Baseball Hall of Fame Outfielder Tony Gwynn

Olympic Gold

Oct 1 Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini 6-3, 6-3 to win the women's singles tennis gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; clinches first and only Golden Slam in history (Grand Slam & Olympics)

Oct 1 The inaugural Olympic table tennis program concludes in Seoul with China and South Korea each winning 2 titles
Oct 1 The Soviet women's 4 x 400m relay team runs world record 3:15.17 to beat a star-studded US team and win the Olympic gold medal in Seoul; Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina & Olga Bryzgina
Oct 1 Yuri Savichev scores in extra time as the Soviet Union beats Brazil 2-1 to win the men's football gold medal at the Seoul Olympics

Olympic Gold

Oct 2 Future world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, representing Canada, wins super-heavyweight gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; beats American Riddick Bowe by 2nd round TKO

Oct 2 Gelindo Bordin of Italy wins the men's marathon in 2:10:32 at the Seoul Olympics; beats world champion Douglas Wakiihuri of Kenya by 15 seconds
Oct 2 In a season ending 7-5 win in St. Louis, NY Mets' outfielder Kevin McReynolds establishes a MLB record swiping 21 bases without being caught stealing during the season

Sports History

Oct 2 Mike Tyson wrecks furniture in his mansion in Bernardsville, NJ, during a domestic dispute

Oct 2 Minnesota Twins total 3,030,672 in attendance at Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome; first AL club ever to break 3 million in a MLB season
Oct 2 New Zealand horseman Mark Todd wins individual eventing gold medal aboard Charisma at the Seoul Olympics; his 2nd consecutive gold after winning in 1984
Oct 2 South Korean light middleweight boxer Park Si-hun is controversially awarded the Seoul Olympic gold medal after appearing well beaten by future 4 weight class world champion Roy Jones Jr
Oct 6 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant
Oct 7 Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox
Oct 7 Lou Piniella is fired as manager of Yankees for 2nd time
Oct 9 9th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats New Zealand 25-12
Oct 9 Dennis Eckersley, 1st to save all 4 games in a championship series
Oct 9 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 0
Oct 12 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Mets, 4 games to 3
Oct 14 NJ Devils raise their 1st pennant by winning the Patrick Division Playoff Championship
Oct 15 NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma)
Oct 15 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to give Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series
Oct 16 Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff & World Series
Oct 17 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of NY Yankees

World Series

Oct 20 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat Oakland A's, 5-2 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to clinch 4-1 series win: MVP: LA pitcher Orel Hershiser

Oct 20 Reggie Rogers, Det Lion's # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated
Oct 21 Boston Celtics beat Yugoslavia 113-85 in Madrid
Oct 23 Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid

Sports History

Oct 24 New York Islanders and NHL high scorer, Mike Bossy (31) retires

Sports History

Oct 26 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 months' advisory service

45th US President, Businessman and TV Personality Donald Trump

Golf Tournament

Oct 30 Beth Daniel wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship

F1 World Champion

Oct 30 Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna wins Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, his record 8th GP win of the season; clinches first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship

Oct 30 NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time
Oct 31 First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos, 55-23