| Name |
Born |
Died |
Age |
Team(s) |
| Ralph Horween[1] |
August 3, 1896 Chicago, Illinois |
May 26, 1997 Charlottesville, Virginia |
100 years, 296 days |
Chicago Cardinals (1921–1923) |
| Tom Dickinson[2] |
July 20, 1897 Detroit, Michigan |
October 29, 1999 Georgetown, Ohio |
102 years, 101 days |
Detroit Heralds (1920) |
| Sam Dana[3][4] |
August 7, 1903 New York City, New York |
October 29, 2007 Kenmore, New York |
104 years, 83 days |
Hartford Blues (1926) New York Yankees (1928) |
| Jim Woodruff[5][6] |
July 11, 1903 Nebraska |
November 21, 2007 Tucson, Arizona |
104 years, 133 days |
Chicago Cardinals (1926) Buffalo Bisons (1929) |
| Johnny Kovatch[7] |
June 6, 1912 South Bend, Indiana |
October 11, 2013 Santa Barbara, California |
101 years, 127 days |
Cleveland Rams (1938) |
| Ace Parker[8][9] |
May 17, 1912 Portsmouth, Virginia |
November 6, 2013 Portsmouth, Virginia |
101 years, 173 days |
Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1941) Boston Yanks (1945) New York Yankees (1946) |
| Fred Gloden[10] |
December 21, 1918 Dubuque, Iowa |
February 25, 2019 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
100 years, 66 days |
Philadelphia Eagles (1941) Miami Seahawks (1946) |
| Cecil Souders[11] |
January 3, 1921 Bucyrus, Ohio |
August 30, 2021 Hilliard, Ohio |
100 years, 239 days |
Detroit Lions (1947–1949) |
| Ken Casanega[12] |
February 18, 1921 Alameda County, California |
October 10, 2021 Medford, Oregon |
100 years, 234 days |
San Francisco 49ers (1946, 1948) |
| Charley Trippi[13] |
December 14, 1921 Pittston, Pennsylvania |
October 19, 2022 Athens, Georgia |
100 years, 309 days |
Chicago Cardinals (1947–1955) |