List of centenarians (sportspeople)

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 Reason for notabilityOle Aarnæs 1888–1992 103 Norwegian high jumperManohar Aich 1912–2016 104 Indian bodybuilder and former Mr. Universe"Manohar Aich aka Pocket Hercules dies at 104: ‘Was inspiration for all’". Indian Express (6 June 2016). "Manohar Aich: Top Indian bodybuilder dies, aged 104". BBC (6 June 2016)Émile Allais 1912–2012 100 French alpine skierEddie Ambrose 1894–1994 100 American jockeyLeonidas Andrianopoulos 1911–2011 100 Greek association football playerConstance Applebee 1873–1981 107 American field hockey playerEileen Ash 1911–2021 110 English cricketerCarl-Erik Asplund 1923–2024 100 Swedish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalistYuri Averbakh 1922–2022 100 Russian chess grandmasterChess.com: Yuri Averbakh, 19222022Chessbase: Yuri Averbakh passes away in MoscowFIDE: Yuri Averbakh (19222022)Chess Federation of Russia: Yuri Averbakh Has Passed AwayGraham Bailey 1920–2024 104 English footballerHeritage: An Interview with Town's Oldest Living PlayerErrie Ball 1910–2014 103 Welsh-American golferMario Becerril 1917–2018 101 Mexican equestrianReg Beresford 1921–2021 100 English footballerGretel Bergmann 1914–2017 103 German high jumperJeanne Bisgood 1923–2024 100 English golferCharlie Booth 1903–2008 104 Australian athleteAlida van den Bos 1902–2003 101 Dutch gymnastCharles Braithwaite 1845–1946 100 English cricketerPhilip Henry Bridenbaugh 1890–1990 100 American college football player and coachEdgar Britt 1913–2017 103 Australian jockeyBill Brown 1878–1980 101 British Olympic racewalkerTrygve Brudevold 1920–2021 100 Norwegian bobsledderBetty Brussel 1924– Canadian swimmerAlan Burgess 1920–2021 100 New Zealand cricketerJack Burke Jr. 1923–2024 100 American golferWilhelm Büsing 1921–2023 102 German equestrianFred Caligiuri 1918–2018 100 American Major League Baseball playerCarmelo Camet 1904–2007 102 Argentine fencerLloyd Campbell 1915–2016 101 Canadian curlerEddie Carnett 1916–2016 100 American baseball playerKen Casanega 1921–2021 100 American football quarterbackJames Carter 1911–2012 100 American basketball coachJaroslav Cháňa 1899–2000 100 Czech footballerNewton Chandler 1893–1997 103 Australian rules football playerRaghunath Chandorkar 1920–2021 100 Indian cricketerEdna Child 1922–2023 100 British Olympic diver (1948)Britain's oldest living Olympian dies at age of 100, insidethegames.biz. 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Jimmy Coffey 1909–2010 101 Irish hurlerAbe Coleman 1905–2007 101 Polish-American wrestlerTony Colobro 1923–2024 100 American football coach and administratorRusi Cooper 1922–2023 100 Indian cricketerCharles Coste 1924–2025 101 French Olympic cyclist Champion (1948), and oldest torch bearer in 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony Jim Cullivan 1921–2024 103 American football player and coachIris Cummings 1920–2025 104 American Olympic swimmer and aviatorRay Cunningham 1905–2005 100 American Major League Baseball playerYvonne Curtet 1920–2025 104 French Olympic athleteJohn Daley 1887–1988 101 American Major League Baseball playerSam Dana 1903–2007 104 American football playerGeorge Daneel 1904–2004 100 South African international rugby union playerFrans De Blaes 1909–2010 100 Belgian canoeistGeorge Deane 1828–1929 100 English cricketerBill Dellastatious 1922–2023 101 American football player and coachJohn Dellert 1884–1985 100 American gymnastShan Deniston 1919–2020 101 American athlete and sports coachD. B. Deodhar 1892–1993 101 Indian cricket player and SanskritistDorothy Dermody 1909–2012 102 Irish fencerFred I. Dickerson 1911–2017 106 American junior college football coachTom Dickinson 1897–1999 102 American football playerJohn Ditlev-Simonsen 1898–2001 102 Norwegian sailorYelena Donskaya 1915–2016 100 Soviet sport shooterHerb Douglas 1922–2023 101 American athleteErnst Dubach 1881–1982 100 Swiss cyclistTheo Dubois 1911–2011 100 Canadian champion rowerEdward Dyson 1919–2020 100 British rowerGeorge Elder 1921–2022 101 American professional baseball outfielderJean Elichagaray 1886–1987 100 French rowerCharlie Emig 1875–1975 100 American Major League Baseball playerWesley Englehorn 1890–1993 103 American football player and coachEdward English 1864–1966 102 English cricketerRalph Erickson 1902–2002 100 American Major League Baseball playerHorst Faber 1921–2022 101 Austrian figure skaterFerdinand Fabra 1906–2007 101 German football managerMagda Fedor 1914–2017 103 Hungarian sports shooterKen Feltscheer 1915–2017 102 Australian rules footballerAlan Finlayson 1900–2001 101 South African cricketerFrederico Fischer 1917–2022 105 Brazilian athlete https://the110club.com/viewtopic.php?p=40226246#p40226246Joaquim Fiúza 1908–2010 102 Portuguese sailorJosef Fleischlinger 1911–2013 101 Czech basketball coach and sports officialBillie Fleming 1914–2014 100 English long-distance cyclist Martha Firestone Ford 1925– 100 American football executiveHarry Forsyth 1903–2004 100 British-Irish cricketerJim Freeman 1914–2015 101 American college football player and coachBruno Frietsch 1896–1996 100 Finnish sport shooterJohnny Fripp 1921–2022 101 Canadian skier and football playerEvelyn Furtsch 1914–2015 100 American track and field athleteGabre Gabric 1914–2015 101 Croatian-born Italian track and field athleteMiguel Gallastegui 1918–2019 100 Spanish pelota playerRodrigo García Vizoso 1909–2009 100 Spanish footballerMilt Gaston 1896–1996 100 American Major League Baseball playerGeorges Géronimi 1892–1994 101 French association football forwardJacques Gerschwiler 1898–2000 101 Swiss figure skaterFred Gibson 1912–2013 101 Jamaican-born English first-class cricketerJohnny Gibson 1905–2006 101 American athleteEd Gill 1895–1995 100 American Major League Baseball playerBill Glassford 1914–2016 102 American football player and coachFred Gloden 1918–2019 100 American football playerNorman Gordon 1911–2014 103 South African Test cricketerAlf Goullet 1891–1995 103 Australian cyclistAchilleas Grammatikopoulos 1908–2008 100 Greek association football playerBill Greason 1924– American baseball playerHowdy Groskloss 1906–2006 100 American Major League Baseball playerGuo Jie 1912–2015 103 Chinese Olympic athleteGeorge Haigh 1915–2019 103 English association football playerVirginia Halas McCaskey 1923–2025 102 American football executiveGeorge Harman 1874–1975 101 Irish rugby union international and cricketerJaap Havekotte 1912–2014 102 Dutch speed skaterJoão Havelange 1916–2016 100 Brazilian water polo player and president of FIFABasil Hayden 1899–2003 103 American college basketball coachDon Heap 1912–2016 103 American football and baseball coachJack Hearn 1923– English judo instructorBobbie Heine Miller 1909–2016 106 South African tennis playerJohn Henderson 1912–2020 107 American college football playerMac Henderson 1907–2009 101 Scottish international rugby union playerErnst Jakob Henne 1904–2005 101 German racecar driver; Erik Herseth 1892–1993 100 Norwegian sailorRed Hoff 1891–1998 107 American Major League Baseball playerMary Holda 1915–2016 100 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League playerRalph Horween 1896–1997 100 American football playerEdith Houghton 1912–2013 100 American professional baseball player and scoutJim Hutchinson 1896–2000 103 Longest-lived English male cricketerUlrich Inderbinen 1900–2004 103 Swiss mountain guide (German)Gordon Ingate 1926–2026 100 Australian sailorJoaquim Duarte Gonçalves Isabelinha 1908–2009 100 Portuguese association football player and medical doctorFernand Jaccard 1907–2008 100 Swiss association football midfielderAlberto Jammaron 1915–2016 101 Italian cross-country skierDirk Janssen 1881–1986 105 Dutch gymnastArch Jelley 1922– New Zealand Olympic athletics coachKai Jensen 1897–1997 100 Danish athleteBetsy Jochum 1921–2025 104 American baseball playerSigne Johansson-Engdahl 1905–2010 104 Swedish swimmer (Swedish)Aarne Kainlauri 1915–2020 104 Finnish track and field athleteAndrejs Kapmals 1889–1994 104 Latvian marathonerÁgnes Keleti 1921–2025 103 Hungarian-Israeli Olympic gold medal-winning gymnastRezső Kende 1908–2011 102 Hungarian gymnastFeroze Khan 1904–2005 100 Pakistani field hockey playerEarl Killian 1920–2022 102 American college baseball, basketball, and soccer coachPhyllis Mudford King 1905–2006 100 British Wimbledon championIoan Kiss 1901–2006 105 Romanian international footballerJalmari Kivenheimo 1889–1994 105 Finnish gymnastHans Kleppen 1907–2009 102 Norwegian ski jumperSir Durward Knowles 1917–2018 100 Bahamanian sailorJohnny Kovatch 1912–2013 101 American football playerNinel Krutova 1926– Russian Olympic diverJohn Kundla 1916–2017 101 American basketball coachGustav Lantschner 1910–2011 100 Austrian alpine skier and actorHenning Larsen 1910–2011 100 Danish athleteSam Latter 1904–2010 106 Scottish footballerScotland's oldest man, footballer Sam Latter, dies at 106, The Scotsman, 17 June 2010Jack Laver 1917–2017 100 Australian cricketerRoger Lebranchu 1922–2025 102 French rowerLee Tsuntung 1916–2017 100 Chinese basketball playerMaxime Lehmann 1906–2009 102 French association football defensive midfielderJulio César León 1925–2025 100 Venezuelan cyclist and first Olympian from VenezuelaMarv Levy 1925– American football coachBud Lewis 1908–2011 103 American golferElizabeth Lindsay 1912–2013 100 American track and field athleteRené Llense 1913–2014 100 French footballerGunnar Löfgren 1910–2012 101 Swedish footballerMegan Lowe 1915–2017 101 English cricketerBill Lucas 1917–2018 101 British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948)Mike Lude 1922–2024 101 American college sports coach and athletics directorJohn Lysak 1914–2020 105 American canoeistJohnny Macknowski 1923–2024 101 American basketball playerHans Maier 1916–2018 102 Dutch water polo playerTony Malinosky 1909–2011 101 American Major League Baseball playerDiran Manoukian 1919–2020 101 French field hockey playerCarla Marangoni 1915–2018 102 Italian gymnastZach March 1892–1994 101 English footballerRobert Marchand 1911–2021 109 French cyclistJoe Marhefka 1902–2003 101 American football playerConnie Marrero 1911–2014 102 Cuban Major League Baseball playerTed Martin 1902–2004 101 Australian cricketerKenneth McAlpine 1920–2023 102 British racing driverNeil McCorkell 1912–2013 100 English county cricketerJim Miller 1919–2026 107 Australian rules footballerRalph Miller 1873–1973 100 American Major League Baseball playerKeizo Miura 1904–2006 101 Japanese skier and ski instructorHidekichi Miyazaki 1910–2019 108 Japanese masters athleteGardnar Mulloy 1913–2016 102 American tennis playerJackson Nascimento 1924–2026 102 Brazilian footballerMillito Navarro 1905–2011 105 Puerto Rican baseball playerJohn A. Nerud 1913–2015 102 American horse trainerHelen Nicol 1920–2021 101 Canadian baseball playerAndreas Nilsson 1910–2011 101 Swedish association football midfielderWilf Nixon 1882–1985 102 English association football goalkeeperBernarr Notley 1918–2019 100 English cricketerAlbert Öberg 1888–1990 101 Swedish athleteMarjorie Okell 1908–2009 101 British athleteMatthews P. and Watman M. Athletics International Vol. 17 – 13 October 2009.Luis Oliva 1908–2009 101 Argentine athleteHanna Olsen 1889–1990 100 Swedish fencerKevin O'Neill1925–Australian association footballerBill Otis 1889–1990 100 American Major League Baseball playerAce Parker 1912–2013 101 American professional American football and Major League Baseball playerAlf Patrick 1921–2021 100 English footballerIvo Pavelić 1908–2011 103 Yugoslavian footballer and swimmerAttilio Pavesi 1910–2011 100 Italian cyclistEttore Perego 1913–2013 100 Italian gymnastCyril Perkins 1911–2013 102 English county cricketerGordon Perry 1903–2003 100 Canadian football playerJacqueline Piatigorsky 1911–2012 100 French-born American chess and tennis player, author and sculptorPaul Pietsch 1911–2012 100 German pre-War Grand Prix and