Australian Rules Football
- Australian Football League
- The Adelaide Crows join the league
- Hawthorn wins the 95th AFL premiership (Hawthorn 20.19 (139) d West Coast Eagles 13.8 (86))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Jim Stynes (Melbourne)
- October 7 – death of Darren Millane, who played from 1984 to 1991
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