1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Matschullat, Dale L.
   1410 Geneva Club
   Lake Geneva, WI 53147
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
   10/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director                   ( ) 10% Owner
   (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
   Vice President - General Couns
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security             |2. Trans- |3. Trans-    |4. Securities Acquired (A)   |5. Amount of    |6. Owner-  |7. Nature   |
|                                 |   action |   action    |   or Disposed of (D)        |   Securities   |   ship    |   of In-   |
|                                 |   Date   |   Code      |                             |   Beneficially |   Form:   |   direct   |
|                                 |          |             |                             |   Owned at     |   Direct  |   Bene-    |
|                                 |  (Month/ |             |                             |   End of       |   (D) or  |   ficial   |
|                                 |   Day/   +-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+   Month        |   Indirect|   Owner-   |
|                                 |   Year)  |Code   |V    |Amount     |A/D   |Price     |                |   (I)     |   ship     |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------+-----+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
                                                                                            
Common Stock                       10/30/2002 G             -50         D      $0.0000    0                D
Common Stock                                                                              0                I           401 k Plan
Common Stock                                                                              0                I           Street Name

TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1.           |2.      |3.        |4.       |5.         |6.                   |7.              |8.        |9.      |10.    |11.    |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Number  |Owner- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |of      |ship   |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |                |          |Deriv-  |Form of|       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |Title and Amount|          |ative   |Deriv- |       |
|             |        |          |         |           |                     |of Underlying   |          |Secur-  |ative  |Nature |
|             |Conver- |          |         |Number of  |                     |Securities      |          |ities   |Secur- |of     |
|             |sion or |          |         |Derivative |Date Exercisable     +-------+--------+          |Benefi- |ity:   |In-    |
|             |Exercise|          |         |Securities |and Expiration Date  |       |Amount  |          |cially  |Direct |direct |
|             |Price of|Transac-  |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year)     |       |or      |          |Owned   |(D) or |Bene-  |
|Title of     |Deriv-  |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+       |Number  |Price of  |at End  |In-    |ficial |
|Derivative   |ative   |(Month/   +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira-   |       |of      |Derivative|of      |direct |Owner- |
|Security     |Security|Day/Year) |Code  |V |(A)  |(D)  |cisable   |tion Date |Title  |Shares  |Security  |Month   |(I)    |ship   |
+-------------+--------+----------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
                                                                                  
Option  (Right $19.9375                                             05/11/2004 Common                      7000     D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock
Option  (Right $23.75                                               05/10/2005 Common                      1000     D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock
Option  (Right $24                                                  05/09/2011 Common                      21600    D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock
Option  (Right $26.9375                                             05/10/2010 Common                      28900    D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock
Option  (Right $28.25                                               05/17/2006 Common                      2000     D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock
Option  (Right $29.9375                                             01/31/2010 Common                      15800    D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock
Option  (Right $34.625                                              10/29/2009 Common                      5500     D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock
Option  (Right $35.34                                               05/09/2012 Common                      14600    D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock
Option  (Right $43.0625                                             02/07/2009 Common                      10508    D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock
Option  (Right $43.563                                              02/09/2008 Common                      4490     D
to Buy)                                                                        Stock

Explanation of Responses:

SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Dale L. Matschullat

DATE
10/30/2002