List of centenarians (sportspeople)

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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as sportspeople — known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Ole Aarnæs 1888–1992 103 Norwegian high jumper[1]
Manohar Aich 1912–2016 104 Indian bodybuilder and former Mr. Universe[2]
Émile Allais 1912–2012 100 French alpine skier[3]
Leonidas Andrianopoulos 1911–2011 100 Greek association football player[4]
Eddie Ambrose 1894–1994 100 American jockey[5]
Constance Applebee 1873–1981 107 American field hockey player[6]
Errie Ball 1910–2014 103 Welsh-American golfer[7]
Mario Becerril 1917– 101 Mexican equestrian[8]
Gretel Bergmann 1914–2017 103 German high jumper[9]
Charlie Booth 1903–2008 104 Australian athlete[10]
Alida van den Bos 1902–2003 101 Dutch gymnast[11]
Charles Braithwaite 1845–1946 100 English cricketer[12]
Philip Henry Bridenbaugh 1890–1990 100 American college football player and coach[13]
Edgar Britt 1913–2017 103 Australian jockey[14]
Fred Caligiuri 1918–2018 100 American Major League Baseball player[15]
Carmelo Camet 1904–2007 102 Argentine fencer[16]
Lloyd Campbell 1915–2016 101 Canadian curler[17]
Eddie Carnett 1916–2016 100 American baseball player[18]
Elmer Carter 1911–2011 100 American Negro League baseball player[19]
James Carter 1911–2012 100 American basketball coach[20]
Jaroslav Cháňa 1899–2000 100 Czech footballer[21]
Newton Chandler 1893–1997 103 Australian rules footballer[22]
Jimmy Coffey 1909–2010 101 Irish hurler[23]
Abe Coleman 1905–2007 101 Polish-American wrestler[24]
Ray Cunningham 1905–2005 100 American Major League Baseball player[25]
John Daley 1887–1988 101 American Major League Baseball player[26]
Sam Dana 1903–2007 104 American football player[27]
George Daneel 1904–2004 100 South African international rugby union player[28]
Frans De Blaes 1909–2010 100 Belgian canoeist[29]
George Deane 1828–1929 100 English cricketer[30]
John Dellert 1884–1985 100 American gymnast[31]
Lucien Démanet 1874–1979 104 French gymnast[32]
D. B. Deodhar 1892–1993 101 Indian cricket player and Sanskritist[33]
Dorothy Dermody 1909–2012 102 Irish fencer[34]
Tom Dickinson 1897–1999 102 American football player[35]
John Ditlev-Simonsen 1898–2001 102 Norwegian sailor[36]
Yelena Donskaya 1915–2016 100 Soviet sport shooter[37]
Ernst Dubach 1881–1982 100 Swiss cyclist[38]
Theo Dubois 1911–2011 100 Canadian champion rower[39]
Jean Elichagaray 1886–1887 100 French rower[40]
Charlie Emig 1875–1975 100 American Major League Baseball player[41]
Wesley Englehorn 1890–1993 103 American football player and coach[42]
Edward English 1864–1966 102 English cricketer[43]
Ralph Erickson 1902–2002 100 American Major League Baseball player[44]
Ferdinand Fabra 1906–2007 101 German football manager[45]
Magda Fedor 1914–2017 103 Hungarian sports shooter[46]
Ken Feltscheer 1915–2017 102 Australian rules footballer[47]
Alan Finlayson 1900–2001 101 South African cricketer[48]
Joaquim Fiúza 1908–2010 102 Portuguese sailor[49]
Josef Fleischlinger 1911–2013 101 Czech basketball coach and sports official[50]
Billie Fleming 1914–2014 100 English long distance cyclist[51]
Harry Forsyth 1903–2004 100 British-Irish cricketer[52]
Jim Freeman 1914–2015 101 American college football player and coach[53]
Bruno Frietsch 1896–1996 100 Finnish sport shooter[54]
Evelyn Furtsch 1914–2015 100 American track and field athlete[55]
Gabre Gabric 1914–2015 101 Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete[56]
Miguel Gallastegui 1918–2019 100 Spanish pelota player[57]
Rodrigo García Vizoso 1909–2009 100 Spanish footballer[58]
Milt Gaston 1896–1996 100 American Major League Baseball player[59]
Georges Géronimi 1892–1994 101 French association football forward[60]
Jacques Gerschwiler 1898–2000 101 Swiss figure skater[61]
Fred Gibson 1912–2013 101 Jamaican-born English first-class cricketer[62]
Johnny Gibson 1905–2006 101 American athlete[63]
Ed Gill 1895–1995 100 American Major League Baseball player[64]
Bill Glassford 1914–2016 102 American football player and coach[65]
Norman Gordon 1911–2014 103 South African Test cricketer[66]
Alf Goullet 1891–1995 103 Australian cyclist[67]
Achilleas Grammatikopoulos 1908–2008 100 Greek association football player[68]
Howdy Groskloss 1906–2006 100 American Major League Baseball player[69]
Guo Jie 1912–2015 103 Chinese Olympic athlete[70]
George Haigh 1915– 103 English association football player[71]
George Harman 1874–1975 101 Irish rugby union international and cricketer[72]
João Havelange 1916–2016 100 Brazilian water polo player and president of FIFA[73]
Basil Hayden 1899–2003 103 American college basketball coach[74]
Jaap Havekotte 1912–2014 102 Dutch speed skater[75]
Don Heap 1912–2016 103 American football and baseball coach[76]
Bobbie Heine Miller 1909–2016 106 South African tennis player[77]
John Henderson 1912– 106 American college football player[78]
Mac Henderson 1907–2009 101 Scottish international rugby union player[79]
Ernst Jakob Henne 1904–2005 101 German racecar driver[80]
Erik Herseth 1892–1993 100 Norwegian sailor[81]
Red Hoff 1891–1998 107 American Major League Baseball player[82]
Mary Holda 1915–2016 100 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player[83]
Ralph Horween 1896–1997 100 American football player[84]
Edith Houghton 1912–2013 100 American professional baseball player and scout[85]
Jim Hutchinson 1896–2000 103 Longest-lived English cricketer[86]
Ulrich Inderbinen 1900–2004 103 Swiss mountain guide[87]
Joaquim Duarte Gonçalves Isabelinha 1908–2009 100 Portuguese association football player and medical doctor[88]
Fernand Jaccard 1907–2008 100 Swiss association football midfielder[89]
Alberto Jammaron 1915–2016 101 Italian cross-country skier[90]
Dirk Janssen 1881–1986 105 Dutch gymnast[91]
Kai Jensen 1897–1997 100 Danish athlete[92]
Signe Johansson-Engdahl 1905–2010 104 Swedish swimmer[93]
Aarne Kainlauri 1915– 103 Finnish track and field athlete[94]
Andrejs Kapmals 1889–1994 104 Latvian marathoner[95]
Rezső Kende 1908–2011 102 Hungarian gymnast[96]
Feroze Khan 1904–2005 100 Pakistani field hockey player[97]
Phyllis King 1905–2006 100 British Wimbledon champion[98]
Jalmari Kivenheimo 1889–1994 105 Finnish gymnast[99]
Hans Kleppen 1907–2009 102 Norwegian ski jumper[100]
Durward Knowles 1917–2018 100 Bahamanian sailor[101]
Johnny Kovatch 1912–2013 101 American football player[102]
John Kundla 1916–2017 101 American basketball coach[103]
Gustav Lantschner 1910–2011 100 Austrian alpine skier and actor[104]
Henning Larsen 1910–2011 100 Danish athlete[105]
Jack Laver 1917–2017 100 Australian cricketer[106]
Maxime Lehmann 1906–2009 102 French association football defensive midfielder[107]
Bud Lewis 1908–2011 103 American golfer[108]
Elizabeth Lindsay 1912–2013 100 American track and field athlete[109]
René Llense 1913–2014 100 French footballer[110]
Gunnar Löfgren 1910–2012 101 Swedish footballer[111]
Megan Lowe 1915–2017 101 English cricketer[112]
Bill Lucas 1917–2018 101 British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948)[113]
John Lysak 1914– 104 American canoeist[114]
Hans Maier 1916–2018 102 Dutch water polo player[115]
Tony Malinosky 1909–2011 101 American Major League Baseball player[116]
John Manners 1914– 104 English cricketer[117]
Clara Marangoni 1915–2018 102 Italian gymnast[118]
Zach March 1892–1994 101 English footballer[119]
Joe Marhefka 1902–2003 101 American football player[120]
Connie Marrero 1911–2014 102 Cuban Major League Baseball player[121]
Ted Martin 1902–2004 101 Australian cricketer[122]
Neil McCorkell 1912–2013 100 English county cricketer[123]
Thelma McKenzie 1915– 103 Australian cricketer[124]
Ralph Miller 1873–1973 100 American Major League Baseball player[125]
Keizo Miura 1904–2006 101 Japanese skier and ski instructor[126]
Hidekichi Miyazaki 1910–2019 108 Japanese masters athlete[127]
Gardnar Mulloy 1913–2016 102 American tennis player[128]
Millito Navarro 1905–2011 105 Puerto Rican baseball player[129]
John A. Nerud 1913–2015 102 American horse trainer[130]
Andreas Nilsson 1910–2011 101 Swedish association football midfielder[131]
Wilf Nixon 1882–1985 102 English association football goalkeeper[132]
Bernarr Notley 1918–2019 100 English cricketer[133]
Albert Öberg 1888–1990 101 Swedish athlete[134]
Marjorie Okell 1908–2009 101 British athlete[135][citation needed]
Luis Oliva 1908–2009 101 Argentine athlete[136]
Hanna Olsen 1889–1990 100 Swedish fencer[137]
Bill Otis 1889–1990 100 American Major League Baseball player[138]
Ace Parker 1912–2013 101 American professional American football and baseball player[139]
Ivo Pavelić 1908–2011 103 Yugoslavian footballer and swimmer[140]
Attilio Pavesi 1910–2011 100 Italian cyclist[141]
Donald Pellmann 1915– 103 American multi world-record setting masters athlete[142]</ref>
Ettore Perego 1913–2013 100 Italian gymnast[143]
Cyril Perkins 1911–2013 102 English county cricketer[144]
Jacqueline Piatigorsky 1911–2012 100 French-born American chess and tennis player, author, and sculptor[145]
Paul Pietsch 1911–2012 100 German pre-War Grand Prix and Formula One racing driver and magazine publisher[146]
Gordon Perry 1903–2003 100 Canadian football player[147]
Brian Pope 1911–2011 100 English international rugby union player[148]
Jim Power 1895–1998 102 Irish hurler[149]
Hal Haig Prieste 1896–2001 104 Armenian-American high diver and bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics[150]
Tom Pritchard 1917–2017 100 New Zealand cricketer[151]
Alfred Proksch 1908–2011 102 Austrian athlete and graphic designer[152]
Marie Provazníková 1890–1991 100 Czechoslovak sports official active in the Sokol movement[153]
Ted Radcliffe 1902–2005 103 American Negro League Baseball player[154]
Godfrey Rampling 1909–2009 100 English relay runner[155]
Juan Reccius 1911–2012 101 Chilean athlete[156]
Archie Richardson 1879–1981 101 Australian rules footballer[157]
Albert Ritzenberg 1918–2018 100 American tennis player and coach[158]
James Stillman Rockefeller 1902–2004 102 American rower and founder of the First National City Bank of New York[159]
Nic Roeser 1896–1997 100 Luxembourgian gymnast[160]
Jos Romersa 1915–2016 101 Luxembourgian gymnast[161]
Hirendranath Sadhu 1915– 103 Indian cricketer[162]
Mike Sandlock 1915–2016 100 American baseball player[163]
Alan Sayers 1915–2017 101 New Zealand track and field athlete[164]
Simone Schaller 1912–2016 104 American track and field athlete[114]
Ambrose Schindler 1917– 101 American football player[165]
Johan Chr. Schønheyder 1915–2015 100 Norwegian sports official[166]
Mien Schopman-Klaver 1911–2018 107 Dutch track and field athlete[167]
Rudolf Schrader 1875–1981 105 American gymnast[168]
Silas Simmons 1895–2006 111 Longest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player[169]
Ingeborg Sjöqvist 1912–2015 103 Swedish diver[170]
Rupert de Smidt 1883–1986 102 South African cricketer[171]
Arthur Smith 1915– 103 English association footballer[172]
Jack Smith 1917– 101 American football player[173]
Lyle Smith 1916–2017 101 American football coach[174]
Herman Smith-Johannsen 1875–1987 111 Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier[175]
Erna Sondheim 1904–2008 103 German fencer[176]
Amos Alonzo Stagg 1862–1965 102 American football player and coach[177]
Harold Stapleton 1915–2015 100 Australian cricketer[178]
Rollie Stiles 1906–2007 100 American Major League Baseball player[179]
Gordon Stone 1914–2015 100 Australian rugby union player[180]
Leon Štukelj 1898–1999 100 Slovenian gymnast[181]
Egon Sundberg 1911–2015 104 Swedish footballer[182]
Al Suomi 1913–2014 100 American National Hockey League player[183]
Karl Swanson 1900–2002 101 American Major League Baseball player[184]
Sándor Tarics 1913–2016 102 Hungarian water polo player[185]
Ned Thompson 1910–2011 101 American collegiate sports coach and administrator[186]
Olga Törös 1914–2015 100 Hungarian gymnast[187]
Ignacio Trelles 1916– 102 Mexican football coach[188]
Talat Tunçalp 1915–2017 101 Turkish cyclist[189]
Francisco Varallo 1910–2010 100 Argentine association football player, last surviving participant of the 1930 FIFA World Cup[190]
Jacqueline Vaudecrane 1913–2018 105 French figure skater and coach[191]
Otto von Müller 1875–1976 100 German Olympic tennis player[192]
Harry Walker 1915–2018 103 English rugby union player[193]
Sydney Walling 1907–2009 102 Antiguan cricketer[194]
Walter Walsh 1907–2014 106 American FBI agent and sport shooter[195]
Syd Ward 1907–2010 103 New Zealand cricketer[196]
Billy Werber 1908–2009 100 American baseball player[197]
Gene Wettstone 1913–2013 100 American gymnastics coach[198]
John Wheatley 1860–1962 102 New Zealand cricketer[199]
Eileen Whelan 1911– 107 English cricketer[200]
Martin White 1909–2011 102 Irish hurler[201]
Edvin Wide 1896–1996 100 Swedish long-distance runner[202]
Bucky Williams 1906–2009 102 American baseball player[203]
Mac Wilson 1914–2017 103 Australian rules footballer[204]
Willem Winkelman 1887–1990 102 Dutch athlete[205]
Bob Wright 1891–1993 101 American Major League Baseball player[206]
Donnell Young 1888–1989 101 American Olympic sprinter[207]
Fred Zebouni 1914–2014 100 Lebanese Olympic sailor[208]

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