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.

  Living
Name Lifespan Age Notability
Ole Aarnæs1888–1992103Norwegian high jumper[1]
Manohar Aich1912–2016104Indian bodybuilder and former Mr. Universe[2][3]
Émile Allais1912–2012100French alpine skier[4]
Leonidas Andrianopoulos1911–2011100Greek association football player[5]
Eddie Ambrose1894–1994100American jockey[6]
Constance Applebee1873–1981107American field hockey player[7]
Eileen Ash1911–2021110English cricketer[8][9][10][11]
Carl-Erik Asplund1923–2024100Swedish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist[12]
Yuri Averbakh1922–2022100Russian chess grandmaster[13][14][15][16][17]
Graham Bailey1920–2024104English footballer[18]
Errie Ball1910–2014103Welsh-American golfer[19]
Mario Becerril1917–2018101Mexican equestrian[20]
Reg Beresford1921–2021100English footballer[21]
Gretel Bergmann1914–2017103German high jumper[citation needed]
Elizabeth Williams Berry1854–1969114Australian jockey[22]
Jeanne Bisgood1923–2024100English golfer[23]
Charlie Booth1903–2008104Australian athlete[citation needed]
Alida van den Bos1902–2003101Dutch gymnast[24]
Charles Braithwaite1845–1946100English cricketer[25]
Philip Henry Bridenbaugh1890–1990100American college football player and coach[26]
Edgar Britt1913–2017103Australian jockey[27]
Bill Brown1878–1980101British Olympic racewalker[28]
Trygve Brudevold1920–2021100Norwegian bobsledder[29]
Betty Brussel1924–101Canadian swimmer[30]
Alan Burgess1920–2021100New Zealand cricketer[31]
Jack Burke Jr.1923–2024100American golfer[32][33]
Wilhelm Büsing1921–2023102German equestrian[34]
Fred Caligiuri1918–2018100American Major League Baseball player[35]
Carmelo Camet1904–2007102Argentine fencer[36]
Lloyd Campbell1915–2016101Canadian curler[37]
Eddie Carnett1916–2016100American baseball player[38]
Ken Casanega1921–2021100American football quarterback[39]
James Carter1911–2012100American basketball coach[40]
Jaroslav Cháňa1899–2000100Czech footballer[41]
Newton Chandler1893–1997103Australian rules football player[42]
Raghunath Chandorkar1920–2021100Indian cricketer[43]
Edna Child1922–2023100British Olympic diver (1948)[44]
Jimmy Coffey1909–2010101Irish hurler[45]
Abe Coleman1905–2007101Polish-American wrestler[46]
Tony Colobro1923–2024100American football coach and administrator[47]
Charles Coste1924–2025101French Olympic cyclist Champion (1948), and oldest torch bearer in 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony[48]
Rusi Cooper1922–2023100Indian cricketer[49]
Jim Cullivan1921–2024103American football player and coach[50]
Iris Cummings1920–2025104American Olympic swimmer and aviator[51]
Ray Cunningham1905–2005100American Major League Baseball player[52]
Yvonne Curtet1920–2025104French Olympic athlete[53]
John Daley1887–1988101American Major League Baseball player[54]
Sam Dana1903–2007104American football player[55]
George Daneel1904–2004100South African international rugby union player[56]
Frans De Blaes1909–2010100Belgian canoeist[57]
George Deane1828–1929100English cricketer[58]
Bill Dellastatious1922–2023101American football player and coach[59]
John Dellert1884–1985100American gymnast[60]
Shan Deniston1919–2020101American athlete and sports coach[61]
D. B. Deodhar1892–1993101Indian cricket player and Sanskritist[62]
Dorothy Dermody1909–2012102Irish fencer[63]
Fred I. Dickerson1911–2017106American junior college football coach[64]
Tom Dickinson1897–1999102American football player[65]
John Ditlev-Simonsen1898–2001102Norwegian sailor[66]
Yelena Donskaya1915–2016100Soviet sport shooter[67]
Herb Douglas1922–2023101American athlete[68]
Ernst Dubach1881–1982100Swiss cyclist[69]
Theo Dubois1911–2011100Canadian champion rower[70]
Edward Dyson1919–2020100British rower[71]
George Elder1921–2022101American professional baseball outfielder[72]
Jean Elichagaray1886–1987100French rower[73]
Charlie Emig1875–1975100American Major League Baseball player[74]
Wesley Englehorn1890–1993103American football player and coach[75]
Edward English1864–1966102English cricketer[76]
Ralph Erickson1902–2002100American Major League Baseball player[77]
Horst Faber1921–2022101Austrian figure skater[78]
Ferdinand Fabra1906–2007101German football manager[79]
Magda Fedor1914–2017103Hungarian sports shooter[80]
Ken Feltscheer1915–2017102Australian rules footballer[81]
Alan Finlayson1900–2001101South African cricketer[82]
Frederico Fischer1917–109Brazilian athlete[83]
Joaquim Fiúza1908–2010102Portuguese sailor[84]
Josef Fleischlinger1911–2013101Czech basketball coach and sports official[85]
Billie Fleming1914–2014100English long-distance cyclist[86]
Martha Firestone Ford1925–100American football executive[87]
Harry Forsyth1903–2004100British-Irish cricketer[88]
Jim Freeman1914–2015101American college football player and coach[89]
Bruno Frietsch1896–1996100Finnish sport shooter[90]
Johnny Fripp1921–2022101Canadian skier and football player[91]
Evelyn Furtsch1914–2015100American track and field athlete[92]
Gabre Gabric1914–2015101Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete[93]
Miguel Gallastegui1918–2019100Spanish pelota player[94]
Rodrigo García Vizoso1909–2009100Spanish footballer[95]
Milt Gaston1896–1996100American Major League Baseball player[96]
Georges Géronimi1892–1994101French association football forward[97]
Jacques Gerschwiler1898–2000101Swiss figure skater[98]
Fred Gibson1912–2013101Jamaican-born English first-class cricketer[99]
Johnny Gibson1905–2006101American athlete[100]
Ed Gill1895–1995100American Major League Baseball player[101]
Bill Glassford1914–2016102American football player and coach[102]
Fred Gloden1918–2019100American football player[103]
Norman Gordon1911–2014103South African Test cricketer[104]
Alf Goullet1891–1995103Australian cyclist[105]
Achilleas Grammatikopoulos1908–2008100Greek association football player[106]
Bill Greason1924–101American baseball player[107]
Howdy Groskloss1906–2006100American Major League Baseball player[108]
Guo Jie1912–2015103Chinese Olympic athlete[109]
George Haigh1915–2019103English association football player[110]
Virginia Halas McCaskey1923–2025102American football executive[111]
George Harman1874–1975101Irish rugby union international and cricketer[112]
João Havelange1916–2016100Brazilian water polo player and president of FIFA[113]
Basil Hayden1899–2003103American college basketball coach[114]
Jaap Havekotte1912–2014102Dutch speed skater[115]
Don Heap1912–2016103American football and baseball coach[116]
Jack Hearn1923–102English judo instructor[117]
Bobbie Heine Miller1909–2016106South African tennis player[118]
John Henderson1912–2020107American college football player[119]
Mac Henderson1907–2009101Scottish international rugby union player[120]
Ernst Jakob Henne1904–2005101German racecar driver[121]
Erik Herseth1892–1993100Norwegian sailor[122]
Red Hoff1891–1998107American Major League Baseball player[123]
Mary Holda1915–2016100All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player[124]
Ralph Horween1896–1997100American football player[125]
Edith Houghton1912–2013100American professional baseball player and scout[126]
Jim Hutchinson1896–2000103Longest-lived English cricketer[127]
Ulrich Inderbinen1900–2004103Swiss mountain guide[128]
Gordon Ingate1926–2026100Australian sailor[129]
Joaquim Duarte Gonçalves Isabelinha1908–2009100Portuguese association football player and medical doctor[130]
Fernand Jaccard1907–2008100Swiss association football midfielder[131]
Alberto Jammaron1915–2016101Italian cross-country skier[132]
Dirk Janssen1881–1986105Dutch gymnast[133]
Arch Jelley1922–103New Zealand Olympic athletics coach[134]
Kai Jensen1897–1997100Danish athlete[135]
Betsy Jochum1921–2025104American baseball player[136]
Signe Johansson-Engdahl1905–2010104Swedish swimmer[137]
Aarne Kainlauri1915–2020104Finnish track and field athlete[138]
Andrejs Kapmals1889–1994104Latvian marathoner[139]
Ágnes Keleti1921–2025103Hungarian-Israeli Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast[140]
Rezső Kende1908–2011102Hungarian gymnast[141]
Feroze Khan1904–2005100Pakistani field hockey player[142]
Earl Killian1920–2022102American college baseball, basketball, and soccer coach[143]
Phyllis Mudford King1905–2006100British Wimbledon champion[144]
Ioan Kiss1901–2006105Romanian international footballer[145][146]
Jalmari Kivenheimo1889–1994105Finnish gymnast[147]
Hans Kleppen1907–2009102Norwegian ski jumper[148]
Sir Durward Knowles1917–2018100Bahamanian sailor[149]
Johnny Kovatch1912–2013101American football player[150]
Ninel Krutova1926–100Russian Olympic diver[151]
John Kundla1916–2017101American basketball coach[152]
Gustav Lantschner1910–2011100Austrian alpine skier and actor[153]
Henning Larsen1910–2011100Danish athlete[154]
Sam Latter1904–2010106Scottish footballer[155]
Jack Laver1917–2017100Australian cricketer[156]
Lee Tsuntung1916–2017100Chinese basketball player[157]
Roger Lebranchu1922–2025102French rower[158]
Maxime Lehmann1906–2009102French association football defensive midfielder[159]
Julio César León1925–2025100Venezuelan cyclist and first Olympian from Venezuela[a][160]
Marv Levy1925–100American football coach[161]
Bud Lewis1908–2011103American golfer[162]
Elizabeth Lindsay1912–2013100American track and field athlete[163]
René Llense1913–2014100French footballer[164]
Gunnar Löfgren1910–2012101Swedish footballer[165]
Megan Lowe1915–2017101English cricketer[166]
Bill Lucas1917–2018101British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948)[167]
Mike Lude1922–2024101American college sports coach and athletics director[168]
John Lysak1914–2020105American canoeist[169]
Johnny Macknowski1923–2024101American basketball player[170]
Hans Maier1916–2018102Dutch water polo player[171]
Tony Malinosky1909–2011101American Major League Baseball player[172]
Diran Manoukian1919–2020101French field hockey player[173]
Carla Marangoni1915–2018102Italian gymnast[174]
Zach March1892–1994101English footballer[175]
Robert Marchand1911–2021109French cyclist[176]
Joe Marhefka1902–2003101American football player[177]
Connie Marrero1911–2014102Cuban Major League Baseball player[178]
Ted Martin1902–2004101Australian cricketer[179]
Kenneth McAlpine1920–2023102British racing driver[180]
Neil McCorkell1912–2013100English county cricketer[181]
Jim Miller1919–106Australian rules footballer[182]
Ralph Miller1873–1973100American Major League Baseball player[183]
Keizo Miura1904–2006101Japanese skier and ski instructor[184]
Hidekichi Miyazaki1910–2019108Japanese masters athlete[185]
Gardnar Mulloy1913–2016102American tennis player[186]
Millito Navarro1905–2011105Puerto Rican baseball player[187]
John A. Nerud1913–2015102American horse trainer[188]
Helen Nicol1920–2021101Canadian baseball player[189]
Andreas Nilsson1910–2011101Swedish association football midfielder[190]
Wilf Nixon1882–1985102English association football goalkeeper[191]
Bernarr Notley1918–2019100English cricketer[192]
Albert Öberg1888–1990101Swedish athlete[193]
Marjorie Okell1908–2009101British athlete[194]
Luis Oliva1908–2009101Argentine athlete[195]
Hanna Olsen1889–1990100Swedish fencer[196]
Kevin O'Neill 1925– 100 Australian association footballer[197]
Bill Otis1889–1990100American Major League Baseball player[198]
Ace Parker1912–2013101American professional American football and Major League Baseball player[199]
Alf Patrick1921–2021100English footballer[200]
Ivo Pavelić1908–2011103Yugoslavian footballer and swimmer[201]
Attilio Pavesi1910–2011100Italian cyclist[202]
Ettore Perego1913–2013100Italian gymnast[203]
Cyril Perkins1911–2013102English county cricketer[204]
Gordon Perry1903–2003100Canadian football player[citation needed]
Jacqueline Piatigorsky1911–2012100French-born American chess and tennis player, author and sculptor[205]
Paul Pietsch1911–2012100German pre-War Grand Prix and Formula One racing driver and magazine publisher[206]
Brian Pope1911–2011100English international rugby union player[207]
Jim Power1895–1998102Irish hurler[208]
Hal Haig Prieste1896–2001104Armenian-American high diver and bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics[209]
Frank Prihoda1921–2022101Australian Olympic alpine skier[210][211][212]
Tom Pritchard1917–2017100New Zealand cricketer[213]
Alfred Proksch1908–2011102Austrian athlete and graphic designer[214]
Marie Provazníková1890–1991100Czechoslovak sports official active in the Sokol movement[215]
Maurice Racca1922–2023100French Olympic sport shooter (1956)[216]
Marko Račič1920–2022102Slovenian Olympic athlete (1948)[217]
Ted Radcliffe1902–2005103American Negro league baseball player[218]
Vasant Raiji1920–2020100Indian cricketer and cricket historian[219][220]
Hermano da Silva Ramos1925–100Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix driver
Godfrey Rampling1909–2009100English relay runner[221]
Juan Reccius1911–2012101Chilean athlete[222]
Archie Richardson1879–1981101Australian rules footballer[223]
Carl Richardson1921–2023102American college football coach (Eastern New Mexico University)[224]
Pietro Righetti1899–2001102Italian cyclist[225]
Albert Ritzenberg1918–2018100American tennis player and coach[226]
Eddie Robinson1920–2021100American baseball player[227]
James Stillman Rockefeller1902–2004102American rower and founder of the First National City Bank of New York[228]
Nic Roeser1896–1997100Luxembourgian gymnast[229]
Jos Romersa1915–2016101Luxembourgian gymnast[230]
Roy Roper1923–2023100New Zealand rugby player[231]
Bernardo Ruiz1925–2025100Spanish cyclist[232]
Bob Ryland1920–2020100American tennis player and coach[233]
Don Salls1919–2021101American football player and coach[234]
Mike Sandlock1915–2016100American baseball player[235]
Zoltan Sarosy1906–2017110Hungarian-Canadian chess master[236]
Vladimir Savin [ru]1926–100Soviet football goalkeeper[237][238][239]
Alan Sayers1915–2017101New Zealand track and field athlete[240]
Simone Schaller1912–2016104American track and field athlete[169]
Art Schallock1924–2025100American baseball player[241]
Ambrose Schindler1917–2018101American football player[242]
Johan Chr. Schønheyder1915–2015100Norwegian sports official[243]
Mien Schopman-Klaver1911–2018107Dutch track and field athlete[244]
Rudolf Schrader1875–1981105American gymnast[245]
Aron Schvartzman1908–2013104Argentine chess master[246]
Archie Scott1918–2019101Scottish cricketer[247]
Celina Seghi1920–2022102Italian alpine skier[248]
Vic Seixas1923–2024100American tennis player[249][250][251]
Bobby Shantz1925–100American Major League Baseball player[252]
Félix Sienra1916–2023107Uruguayan Olympic sailor[253]
Silas Simmons1895–2006111Longest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player[254]
Ingeborg Sjöqvist1912–2015103Swedish diver[255]
Rupert de Smidt1883–1986102South African cricketer[256]
Arthur Smith1915–2021106English association footballer[257]
Lyle Smith1916–2017101American football coach[258]
Herman Smith-Johannsen1875–1987111Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier[259]
Erna Sondheim1904–2008103German fencer[260]
Cecil Souders1921–2021100American football player[261]
Amos Alonzo Stagg1862–1965102American football player and coach[262]
Harold Stapleton1915–2015100Australian cricketer[263]
Sreten Stefanović1916–2020103Yugoslav gymnast[264]
Rollie Stiles1906–2007100American Major League Baseball player[265]
Gordon Stone1914–2015100Australian rugby union player[266]
Leon Štukelj1898–1999100Slovenian gymnast[267]
Egon Sundberg1911–2015104Swedish footballer[268]
Al Suomi1913–2014100American National Hockey League player[269]
Karl Swanson1900–2002101American Major League Baseball player[270]
Sándor Tarics1913–2016102Hungarian water polo player[271]
Ned Thompson1910–2011101American collegiate sports coach and administrator[272]
Olga Törös1914–2015100Hungarian gymnast[273]
Ignacio Trelles1916–2020103Mexican football coach[274]
Charley Trippi1921–2022100American football player[275]
Talat Tunçalp1915–2017101Turkish cyclist[276]
Eric Tweedale1921–2023102English-born Australian rugby union player[277][278]
Harry Van Surdam1881–1982100American football player, coach and official[279]
Francisco Varallo1910–2010100Argentine association football player, last surviving participant of the 1930 FIFA World Cup[280]
Jacqueline Vaudecrane1913–2018104French figure skater and coach[281]
Otto von Müller1875–1976100German Olympic tennis player[282]
Whitey Von Nieda1922–2023101American basketball player[283][284]
Harry Walker1915–2018103English rugby union player[285]
Sir Sydney Walling1907–2009102Antiguan cricketer[286]
Walter Walsh1907–2014106American FBI agent and sport shooter[287]
Syd Ward1907–2010103New Zealand cricketer[288]
Billy Werber1908–2009100American Major League Baseball player[289]
Gene Wettstone1913–2013100American gymnastics coach[290]
John Wheatley1860–1962102New Zealand cricketer[291]
Martin White1909–2011102Irish hurler[292]
Edvin Wide1896–1996100Swedish long-distance runner[293]
Bucky Williams1906–2009102American baseball player[294]
Mac Wilson1914–2017103Australian rules footballer[295]
Willem Winkelman1887–1990102Dutch athlete[296]
Steve Wochy1922–103Canadian National Hockey League player[297]
Bob Wright1891–1993101American Major League Baseball player[298]
Phyllis Wylie1911–2012101English amateur golfer[299]
Donnell Young1888–1989101American Olympic sprinter[300]
Henry Young1923–102Australian tennis player[301]
Fred Zebouni1914–2014100Lebanese Olympic sailor[302]

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