The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as sportspeople and also for their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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Ole Aarnæs | 1888–1992 | 103 | Norwegian high jumper[1] |
Manohar Aich | 1913– | 100 | 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 – | 102 | Welsh-American golfer[7] |
Charlie Booth | 1903–2008 | 104 | Australian athlete[8] |
Alida van den Bos | 1902–2003 | 101 | Dutch gymnast[9] |
Phillip Henry Bridenbaugh | 1890–1990 | 100 | American college football player and coach[10] |
Carmelo Camet | 1904–2007 | 102 | Argentine fencer[11] |
Newton Chandler | 1893–1997 | 103 | Australian rules footballer[12] |
Jimmy Coffey | 1909–2010 | 101 | Irish hurler[13] |
Abe Coleman | 1905–2007 | 101 | Polish-American wrestler[14] |
Ray Cunningham | 1905–2005 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[15] |
John Daley | 1887–1988 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player[16] |
Sam Dana | 1903–2007 | 104 | American football player[17] |
George Daneel | 1904–2004 | 100 | South African international rugby union player[18] |
Frans De Blaes | 1909–2010 | 100 | Belgian canoeist[19] |
George Deane | 1828–1929 | 100 | British cricketer[20] |
John Dellert | 1884–1985 | 100 | American gymnast[21] |
Lucien Démanet | 1874–1979 | 104 | French gymnast[22] |
D. B. Deodhar | 1892–1993 | 101 | Indian cricket player and Sanskritist[23] |
Dorothy Dermody | 1909–2012 | 102 | Irish fencer[24] |
John Ditlev-Simonsen | 1898-2001 | 102 | Norwegian sailor[25] |
John Donnelly | 1906 – | 106 | American table tennis player[26] |
Theo Dubois | 1911–2011 | 100 | Canadian champion rower[27] |
Jean Elichagaray | 1886–1887 | 100 | French rower[28] |
Charlie Emig | 1875–1975 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[29] |
Wesley Englehorn | 1890–1993 | 103 | American football player and coach[30] |
Edward English | 1864–1966 | 102 | British cricketer[31] |
Ralph Erickson | 1902–2002 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[32] |
Ferdinand Fabra | 1906–2007 | 101 | German football manager[33] |
Eduard von Falz-Fein | 1912– | 100 | Liechtenstein bobsledder[34] |
Joaquim Fiúza | 1908–2010 | 102 | Portuguese sailor[35] |
Harry Forsyth | 1903–2004 | 100 | Irish cricketer[36] |
Milt Gaston | 1896–1996 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[37] |
Georges Géronimi | 1898–2000 | 101 | French association football forward[38] |
Jacques Gerschwiler | 1898–2000 | 101 | Swiss figure skater[39] |
Fred Gibson | 1912– | 101 | Jamaican-born English first-class cricketer[40] |
Johnny Gibson | 1905–2006 | 101 | American athlete[41] |
Ed Gill | 1895–1995 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[42] |
Norman Gordon | 1911 – | 101 | South African Test cricketer[43] |
Alf Goullet | 1891–1995 | 103 | Australian cyclist[44] |
Achilleas Grammatikopoulos | 1908–2008 | 100 | Greek association football player.[45] |
Howdy Groskloss | 1906–2006 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[46] |
Guo Jie | 1912 – | 101 | Chinese Olympic athlete[47] |
George Harman | 1874–1975 | 101 | Irish cricketer[48] |
Basil Hayden | 1899–2003 | 103 | American college basketball coach[49] |
Bobbie Heine Miller | 1909 – | 103 | South African tennis player[50] |
Mac Henderson | 1907–2009 | 101 | Scottish international rugby union player[51] |
Ernst Jakob Henne | 1904–2005 | 101 | German racecar driver[52] |
Erik Herseth | 1892–1993 | 100 | Norwegian sailor[53] |
Red Hoff | 1891–1998 | 107 | Longest-lived American Major League Baseball player[54] |
Ralph Horween | 1896–1997 | 100 | American football player[55] |
Edith Houghton | 1912–2013 | 100 | American professional baseball player and scout[56] |
Jim Hutchinson | 1896–2000 | 103 | Longest-lived English cricketer[57] |
Ulrich Inderbinen | 1900–2004 | 103 | Swiss mountain guide[58] |
Gonçalves Isabelinha | 1908–2009 | 100 | Portuguese association football player and doctor[59] |
Fernand Jaccard | 1907–2008 | 100 | Swiss association football midfielder[60] |
Dirk Janssen | 1881–1986 | 105 | Dutch gymnast[61] |
Signe Johansson-Engdahl | 1905–2010 | 104 | Swedish swimmer[62] |
Andrejs Kapmals | 1889–1994 | 104 | Latvian marathoner[63] |
Feroze Khan | 1904–2005 | 100 | Pakistani field hockey player[64] |
Phyllis King | 1905–2006 | 100 | British Wimbledon champion[65] |
Jalmari Kivenheimo | 1889–1994 | 105 | Finnish gymnast[66] |
Hans Kleppen | 1907–2009 | 102 | Norwegian ski jumper[67] |
Gustav Lantschner | 1910–2011 | 100 | Austrian alpine skier and actor[68] |
Henning Larsen | 1910–2011 | 100 | Danish athlete[69] |
Maxime Lehmann | 1906–2009 | 102 | French association football defensive midfielder[70] |
Neil McCorkell | 1912–2013 | 100 | English county cricketer[71] |
Tony Malinosky | 1909–2011 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player[72] |
Joe Marhefka | 1902–2003 | 101 | American football player[73] |
Connie Marrero | 1911 – | 102 | Cuban Major League Baseball player[74] |
Ted Martin | 1902–2004 | 101 | Australian cricketer[75] |
Ralph Miller | 1873–1973 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[76] |
Keizo Miura | 1904–2006 | 101 | Japanese skier and ski instructor[77] |
Millito Navarro | 1905–2011 | 105 | Puerto Rican baseball player[78] |
John A. Nerud | 1913– | 100 | American horse trainer[79] |
Andreas Nilsson | 1910–2011 | 101 | Swedish association football midfielder[80] |
Albert Öberg | 1888–1990 | 101 | Swedish athlete[81] |
Marjorie Okell | 1908–2009 | 101 | British athlete[82] |
Luis Oliva | 1908–2009 | 101 | Argentine athlete[83] |
Hanna Olsen | 1889–1990 | 100 | Swedish fencer[84] |
Bill Otis | 1889–1990 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[85] |
Ace Parker | 1912– | 101 | American professional American football and baseball player[86] |
Ivo Pavelić | 1908–2011 | 103 | Croatian footballer and swimmer[87] |
Attilio Pavesi | 1910–2011 | 100 | Italian cyclist[88] |
Ettore Perego | 1913 – | 100 | Italian gymnast[89] |
Cyril Perkins | 1911 – | 101 | English county cricketer[90] |
Jacqueline Piatigorsky | 1911-2012 | 100 | French-born American chess and tennis player, author, and sculptor[91] |
Paul Pietsch | 1911-2012 | 100 | German pre-War Grand Prix and Formula One racing driver and magazine publisher[92] |
Brian Pope | 1911–2011 | 100 | English international rugby union player[93] |
Hal Haig Prieste | 1896–2001 | 104 | Armenian-American high diver and bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics[94] |
Alfred Proksch | 1908–2011 | 102 | Austrian athlete and graphic designer[95] |
Marie Provazníková | 1890–1991 | 100 | Czechoslovak sports official active in the Sokol movement[96] |
Ted Radcliffe | 1902–2005 | 103 | American Negro League Baseball player[97] |
Godfrey Rampling | 1909–2009 | 100 | English relay runner[98] |
Juan Reccius | 1911–2012 | 101 | Chilean athlete[99] |
Archie Richardson | 1879–1981 | 101 | Australian rules footballer[100] |
James Stillman Rockefeller | 1902–2004 | 102 | American rower and founder of the First National City Bank of New York[101] |
Simone Schaller | 1912– | 100 | American track and field athlete[102] |
Rudolf Schrader | 1875–1981 | 105 | American gymnast[103] |
Silas Simmons | 1893/8–2006 | 108–113 | American semi-professional and professional baseball player[104] |
Ingeborg Sjöqvist | 1912– | 101 | Swedish diver[105] |
Rupert de Smidt | 1883–1986 | 102 | South African cricketer[106] |
Herman Smith-Johannsen | 1875–1987 | 111 | Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier[107] |
Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1862–1965 | 102 | American football player and coach.[108] |
Rollie Stiles | 1906–2007 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[109] |
Leon Štukelj | 1898–1999 | 100 | Slovenian gymnast[110] |
Karl Swanson | 1900–2002 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player[111] |
Francisco Varallo | 1910–2010 | 100 | Argentine association football player, last surviving participant of the 1930 FIFA World Cup[112] |
Otto von Müller | 1875–1976 | 100 | German Olympic tennis player[113] |
Sydney Walling | 1907–2009 | 102 | Antiguan cricketer[114] |
Walter Walsh | 1907 – | 106 | American FBI agent and sport shooter[115] |
Syd Ward | 1907–2010 | 103 | New Zealand cricketer[116] |
Billy Werber | 1908–2009 | 100 | American baseball player[117] |
Eileen Whelan | 1911– | 101 | British cricketer[118] |
Martin White | 1909–2011 | 102 | Irish hurler[119] |
Edvin Wide | 1896–1996 | 100 | Swedish long-distance runner[120] |
Bucky Williams | 1906–2009 | 102 | American baseball player[121] |
Willem Winkelman | 1887–1990 | 102 | Dutch athlete[122] |
Bob Wright | 1891–1993 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player[123] |