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.

  Living

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][3]
Émile Allais	1912–2012	100	French alpine skier[4]
Leonidas Andrianopoulos	1911–2011	100	Greek association football player[5]
Eddie Ambrose	1894–1994	100	American jockey[6]
Constance Applebee	1873–1981	107	American field hockey player[7]
Eileen Ash	1911–2021	110	English cricketer[8][9][10][11]
Carl-Erik Asplund	1923–2024	100	Swedish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist[12]
Yuri Averbakh	1922–2022	100	Russian chess grandmaster[13][14][15][16][17]
Graham Bailey	1920–2024	104	English footballer[18]
Errie Ball	1910–2014	103	Welsh-American golfer[19]
Mario Becerril	1917–2018	101	Mexican equestrian[20]
Reg Beresford	1921–2021	100	English footballer[21]
Gretel Bergmann	1914–2017	103	German high jumper[citation needed]
Elizabeth Williams Berry	1854–1969	114	Australian jockey[22]
Jeanne Bisgood	1923–2024	100	English golfer[23]
Charlie Booth	1903–2008	104	Australian athlete[citation needed]
Alida van den Bos	1902–2003	101	Dutch gymnast[24]
Charles Braithwaite	1845–1946	100	English cricketer[25]
Philip Henry Bridenbaugh	1890–1990	100	American college football player and coach[26]
Edgar Britt	1913–2017	103	Australian jockey[27]
Bill Brown	1878–1980	101	British Olympic racewalker[28]
Trygve Brudevold	1920–2021	100	Norwegian bobsledder[29]
Betty Brussel	1924–	101	Canadian swimmer[30]
Alan Burgess	1920–2021	100	New Zealand cricketer[31]
Jack Burke Jr.	1923–2024	100	American golfer[32][33]
Wilhelm Büsing	1921–2023	102	German equestrian[34]
Fred Caligiuri	1918–2018	100	American Major League Baseball player[35]
Carmelo Camet	1904–2007	102	Argentine fencer[36]
Lloyd Campbell	1915–2016	101	Canadian curler[37]
Eddie Carnett	1916–2016	100	American baseball player[38]
Ken Casanega	1921–2021	100	American football quarterback[39]
James Carter	1911–2012	100	American basketball coach[40]
Jaroslav Cháňa	1899–2000	100	Czech footballer[41]
Newton Chandler	1893–1997	103	Australian rules football player[42]
Raghunath Chandorkar	1920–2021	100	Indian cricketer[43]
Edna Child	1922–2023	100	British Olympic diver (1948)[44]
Jimmy Coffey	1909–2010	101	Irish hurler[45]
Abe Coleman	1905–2007	101	Polish-American wrestler[46]
Tony Colobro	1923–2024	100	American football coach and administrator[47]
Charles Coste	1924–	101	French Olympic cyclist Champion (1948), and oldest torch bearer in 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony[48]
Rusi Cooper	1922–2023	100	Indian cricketer[49]
Jim Cullivan	1921–2024	103	American football player and coach[50]
Iris Cummings	1920–2025	104	American Olympic swimmer and aviator[51]
Ray Cunningham	1905–2005	100	American Major League Baseball player[52]
Yvonne Curtet	1920–2025	104	French Olympic athlete[53]
John Daley	1887–1988	101	American Major League Baseball player[54]
Sam Dana	1903–2007	104	American football player[55]
George Daneel	1904–2004	100	South African international rugby union player[56]
Frans De Blaes	1909–2010	100	Belgian canoeist[57]
George Deane	1828–1929	100	English cricketer[58]
Bill Dellastatious	1922–2023	101	American football player and coach[59]
John Dellert	1884–1985	100	American gymnast[60]
Shan Deniston	1919–2020	101	American athlete and sports coach[61]
D. B. Deodhar	1892–1993	101	Indian cricket player and Sanskritist[62]
Dorothy Dermody	1909–2012	102	Irish fencer[63]
Fred I. Dickerson	1911–2017	106	American junior college football coach[64]
Tom Dickinson	1897–1999	102	American football player[65]
John Ditlev-Simonsen	1898–2001	102	Norwegian sailor[66]
Yelena Donskaya	1915–2016	100	Soviet sport shooter[67]
Herb Douglas	1922–2023	101	American athlete[68]
Ernst Dubach	1881–1982	100	Swiss cyclist[69]
Theo Dubois	1911–2011	100	Canadian champion rower[70]
Edward Dyson	1919–2020	100	British rower[71]
George Elder	1921–2022	101	American professional baseball outfielder[72]
Jean Elichagaray	1886–1887	100	French rower[73]
Charlie Emig	1875–1975	100	American Major League Baseball player[74]
Wesley Englehorn	1890–1993	103	American football player and coach[75]
Edward English	1864–1966	102	English cricketer[76]
Ralph Erickson	1902–2002	100	American Major League Baseball player[77]
Horst Faber	1921–2022	101	Austrian figure skater[78]
Ferdinand Fabra	1906–2007	101	German football manager[79]
Magda Fedor	1914–2017	103	Hungarian sports shooter[80]
Ken Feltscheer	1915–2017	102	Australian rules footballer[81]
Alan Finlayson	1900–2001	101	South African cricketer[82]
Frederico Fischer	1917–	108	Brazilian athlete[83]
Joaquim Fiúza	1908–2010	102	Portuguese sailor[84]
Josef Fleischlinger	1911–2013	101	Czech basketball coach and sports official[85]
Billie Fleming	1914–2014	100	English long-distance cyclist[86]
Harry Forsyth	1903–2004	100	British-Irish cricketer[87]
Jim Freeman	1914–2015	101	American college football player and coach[88]
Bruno Frietsch	1896–1996	100	Finnish sport shooter[89]
Johnny Fripp	1921–2022	101	Canadian skier and football player[90]
Evelyn Furtsch	1914–2015	100	American track and field athlete[91]
Gabre Gabric	1914–2015	101	Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete[92]
Miguel Gallastegui	1918–2019	100	Spanish pelota player[93]
Rodrigo García Vizoso	1909–2009	100	Spanish footballer[94]
Milt Gaston	1896–1996	100	American Major League Baseball player[95]
Georges Géronimi	1892–1994	101	French association football forward[96]
Jacques Gerschwiler	1898–2000	101	Swiss figure skater[97]
Fred Gibson	1912–2013	101	Jamaican-born English first-class cricketer[98]
Johnny Gibson	1905–2006	101	American athlete[99]
Ed Gill	1895–1995	100	American Major League Baseball player[100]
Bill Glassford	1914–2016	102	American football player and coach[101]
Fred Gloden	1918–2019	100	American football player[102]
Norman Gordon	1911–2014	103	South African Test cricketer[103]
Alf Goullet	1891–1995	103	Australian cyclist[104]
Achilleas Grammatikopoulos	1908–2008	100	Greek association football player[105]
Bill Greason	1924–	100	American baseball player[106]
Howdy Groskloss	1906–2006	100	American Major League Baseball player[107]
Guo Jie	1912–2015	103	Chinese Olympic athlete[108]
George Haigh	1915–2019	103	English association football player[109]
Virginia Halas McCaskey	1923–2025	102	American football executive[110]
George Harman	1874–1975	101	Irish rugby union international and cricketer[111]
João Havelange	1916–2016	100	Brazilian water polo player and president of FIFA[112]
Basil Hayden	1899–2003	103	American college basketball coach[113]
Jaap Havekotte	1912–2014	102	Dutch speed skater[114]
Don Heap	1912–2016	103	American football and baseball coach[115]
Bobbie Heine Miller	1909–2016	106	South African tennis player[116]
John Henderson	1912–2020	107	American college football player[117]
Mac Henderson	1907–2009	101	Scottish international rugby union player[118]
Ernst Jakob Henne	1904–2005	101	German racecar driver[119]
Erik Herseth	1892–1993	100	Norwegian sailor[120]
Red Hoff	1891–1998	107	American Major League Baseball player[121]
Mary Holda	1915–2016	100	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player[122]
Ralph Horween	1896–1997	100	American football player[123]
Edith Houghton	1912–2013	100	American professional baseball player and scout[124]
Jim Hutchinson	1896–2000	103	Longest-lived English cricketer[125]
Ulrich Inderbinen	1900–2004	103	Swiss mountain guide[126]
Joaquim Duarte Gonçalves Isabelinha	1908–2009	100	Portuguese association football player and medical doctor[127]
Fernand Jaccard	1907–2008	100	Swiss association football midfielder[128]
Alberto Jammaron	1915–2016	101	Italian cross-country skier[129]
Dirk Janssen	1881–1986	105	Dutch gymnast[130]
Arch Jelley	1922–	103	New Zealand Olympic athletics coach[131]
Kai Jensen	1897–1997	100	Danish athlete[132]
Betsy Jochum	1921–2025	104	American baseball player[133]
Signe Johansson-Engdahl	1905–2010	104	Swedish swimmer[134]
Aarne Kainlauri	1915–2020	104	Finnish track and field athlete[135]
Andrejs Kapmals	1889–1994	104	Latvian marathoner[136]
Ágnes Keleti	1921–2025	103	Hungarian-Israeli Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast[137]
Rezső Kende	1908–2011	102	Hungarian gymnast[138]
Feroze Khan	1904–2005	100	Pakistani field hockey player[139]
Earl Killian	1920–2022	102	American college baseball, basketball, and soccer coach[140]
Phyllis Mudford King	1905–2006	100	British Wimbledon champion[141]
Ioan Kiss	1901–2006	105	Romanian international footballer[142][143]
Jalmari Kivenheimo	1889–1994	105	Finnish gymnast[144]
Hans Kleppen	1907–2009	102	Norwegian ski jumper[145]
Sir Durward Knowles	1917–2018	100	Bahamanian sailor[146]
Johnny Kovatch	1912–2013	101	American football player[147]
John Kundla	1916–2017	101	American basketball coach[148]
Gustav Lantschner	1910–2011	100	Austrian alpine skier and actor[149]
Henning Larsen	1910–2011	100	Danish athlete[150]
Sam Latter	1904–2010	106	Scottish footballer[151]
Jack Laver	1917–2017	100	Australian cricketer[152]
Lee Tsuntung	1916–2017	100	Chinese basketball player[153]
Roger Lebranchu	1922–2025	102	French rower[154]
Maxime Lehmann	1906–2009	102	French association football defensive midfielder[155]
Julio César León	1925–2025	100	Venezuelan cyclist and first Olympian from Venezuela[a][156]
Marv Levy	1925–	100	American football coach[157]
Bud Lewis	1908–2011	103	American golfer[158]
Elizabeth Lindsay	1912–2013	100	American track and field athlete[159]
René Llense	1913–2014	100	French footballer[160]
Gunnar Löfgren	1910–2012	101	Swedish footballer[161]
Megan Lowe	1915–2017	101	English cricketer[162]
Bill Lucas	1917–2018	101	British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948)[163]
Mike Lude	1922–2024	101	American college sports coach and athletics director[164]
John Lysak	1914–2020	105	American canoeist[165]
Johnny Macknowski	1923–2024	101	American basketball player[166]
Hans Maier	1916–2018	102	Dutch water polo player[167]
Tony Malinosky	1909–2011	101	American Major League Baseball player[168]
Diran Manoukian	1919–2020	101	French field hockey player[169]
Carla Marangoni	1915–2018	102	Italian gymnast[170]
Zach March	1892–1994	101	English footballer[171]
Robert Marchand	1911–2021	109	French cyclist[172]
Joe Marhefka	1902–2003	101	American football player[173]
Connie Marrero	1911–2014	102	Cuban Major League Baseball player[174]
Ted Martin	1902–2004	101	Australian cricketer[175]
Kenneth McAlpine	1920–2023	102	British racing driver[176]
Neil McCorkell	1912–2013	100	English county cricketer[177]
Jim Miller	1919–	106	Australian rules footballer[178]
Ralph Miller	1873–1973	100	American Major League Baseball player[179]
Keizo Miura	1904–2006	101	Japanese skier and ski instructor[180]
Hidekichi Miyazaki	1910–2019	108	Japanese masters athlete[181]
Gardnar Mulloy	1913–2016	102	American tennis player[182]
Millito Navarro	1905–2011	105	Puerto Rican baseball player[183]
John A. Nerud	1913–2015	102	American horse trainer[184]
Helen Nicol	1920–2021	101	Canadian baseball player[185]
Andreas Nilsson	1910–2011	101	Swedish association football midfielder[186]
Wilf Nixon	1882–1985	102	English association football goalkeeper[187]
Bernarr Notley	1918–2019	100	English cricketer[188]
Albert Öberg	1888–1990	101	Swedish athlete[189]
Marjorie Okell	1908–2009	101	British athlete[190]
Luis Oliva	1908–2009	101	Argentine athlete[191]
Hanna Olsen	1889–1990	100	Swedish fencer[192]
Bill Otis	1889–1990	100	American Major League Baseball player[193]
Ace Parker	1912–2013	101	American professional American football and Major League Baseball player[194]
Alf Patrick	1921–2021	100	English footballer[195]
Ivo Pavelić	1908–2011	103	Yugoslavian footballer and swimmer[196]
Attilio Pavesi	1910–2011	100	Italian cyclist[197]
Ettore Perego	1913–2013	100	Italian gymnast[198]
Cyril Perkins	1911–2013	102	English county cricketer[199]
Gordon Perry	1903–2003	100	Canadian football player[citation needed]
Jacqueline Piatigorsky	1911–2012	100	French-born American chess and tennis player, author and sculptor[200]
Paul Pietsch	1911–2012	100	German pre-War Grand Prix and Formula One racing driver and magazine publisher[201]
Brian Pope	1911–2011	100	English international rugby union player[202]
Jim Power	1895–1998	102	Irish hurler[203]
Hal Haig Prieste	1896–2001	104	Armenian-American high diver and bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics[204]
Frank Prihoda	1921–2022	101	Australian Olympic alpine skier[205][206][207]
Tom Pritchard	1917–2017	100	New Zealand cricketer[208]
Alfred Proksch	1908–2011	102	Austrian athlete and graphic designer[209]
Marie Provazníková	1890–1991	100	Czechoslovak sports official active in the Sokol movement[210]
Maurice Racca	1922–2023	100	French Olympic sport shooter (1956)[211]
Marko Račič	1920–2022	102	Slovenian Olympic athlete (1948)[212]
Ted Radcliffe	1902–2005	103	American Negro league baseball player[213]
Vasant Raiji	1920–2020	100	Indian cricketer and cricket historian[214][215]
Godfrey Rampling	1909–2009	100	English relay runner[216]
Juan Reccius	1911–2012	101	Chilean athlete[217]
Archie Richardson	1879–1981	101	Australian rules footballer[218]
Carl Richardson	1921–2023	102	American college football coach (Eastern New Mexico University)[219]
Pietro Righetti	1899–2001	102	Italian cyclist[220]
Albert Ritzenberg	1918–2018	100	American tennis player and coach[221]
Eddie Robinson	1920–2021	100	American baseball player[222]
James Stillman Rockefeller	1902–2004	102	American rower and founder of the First National City Bank of New York[223]
Nic Roeser	1896–1997	100	Luxembourgian gymnast[224]
Jos Romersa	1915–2016	101	Luxembourgian gymnast[225]
Roy Roper	1923–2023	100	New Zealand rugby player[226]
Bernardo Ruiz	1925–2025	100	Spanish cyclist[227]
Bob Ryland	1920–2020	100	American tennis player and coach[228]
Don Salls	1919–2021	101	American football player and coach[229]
Mike Sandlock	1915–2016	100	American baseball player[230]
Zoltan Sarosy	1906–2017	110	Hungarian-Canadian chess master[231]
Alan Sayers	1915–2017	101	New Zealand track and field athlete[232]
Simone Schaller	1912–2016	104	American track and field athlete[165]
Art Schallock	1924–2025	100	American baseball player[233]
Ambrose Schindler	1917–2018	101	American football player[234]
Johan Chr. Schønheyder	1915–2015	100	Norwegian sports official[235]
Mien Schopman-Klaver	1911–2018	107	Dutch track and field athlete[236]
Rudolf Schrader	1875–1981	105	American gymnast[237]
Aron Schvartzman	1908–2013	104	Argentine chess master[238]
Archie Scott	1918–2019	101	Scottish cricketer[239]
Celina Seghi	1920–2022	102	Italian alpine skier[240]
Vic Seixas	1923–2024	100	American tennis player[241][242][243]
Félix Sienra	1916–2023	107	Uruguayan Olympic sailor[244]
Silas Simmons	1895–2006	111	Longest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player[245]
Ingeborg Sjöqvist	1912–2015	103	Swedish diver[246]
Rupert de Smidt	1883–1986	102	South African cricketer[247]
Arthur Smith	1915–2021	106	English association footballer[248]
Lyle Smith	1916–2017	101	American football coach[249]
Herman Smith-Johannsen	1875–1987	111	Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier[250]
Erna Sondheim	1904–2008	103	German fencer[251]
Cecil Souders	1921–2021	100	American football player[252]
Amos Alonzo Stagg	1862–1965	102	American football player and coach[253]
Harold Stapleton	1915–2015	100	Australian cricketer[254]
Sreten Stefanović	1916–2020	103	Yugoslav gymnast[255]
Rollie Stiles	1906–2007	100	American Major League Baseball player[256]
Gordon Stone	1914–2015	100	Australian rugby union player[257]
Leon Štukelj	1898–1999	100	Slovenian gymnast[258]
Egon Sundberg	1911–2015	104	Swedish footballer[259]
Al Suomi	1913–2014	100	American National Hockey League player[260]
Karl Swanson	1900–2002	101	American Major League Baseball player[261]
Sándor Tarics	1913–2016	102	Hungarian water polo player[262]
Ned Thompson	1910–2011	101	American collegiate sports coach and administrator[263]
Olga Törös	1914–2015	100	Hungarian gymnast[264]
Ignacio Trelles	1916–2020	103	Mexican football coach[265]
Charley Trippi	1921–2022	100	American football player[266]
Talat Tunçalp	1915–2017	101	Turkish cyclist[267]
Eric Tweedale	1921–2023	102	English-born Australian rugby union player[268][269]
Harry Van Surdam	1881–1982	100	American football player, coach and official[270]
Francisco Varallo	1910–2010	100	Argentine association football player, last surviving participant of the 1930 FIFA World Cup[271]
Jacqueline Vaudecrane	1913–2018	104	French figure skater and coach[272]
Otto von Müller	1875–1976	100	German Olympic tennis player[273]
Whitey Von Nieda	1922–2023	101	American basketball player[274][275]
Harry Walker	1915–2018	103	English rugby union player[276]
Sir Sydney Walling	1907–2009	102	Antiguan cricketer[277]
Walter Walsh	1907–2014	106	American FBI agent and sport shooter[278]
Syd Ward	1907–2010	103	New Zealand cricketer[279]
Billy Werber	1908–2009	100	American Major League Baseball player[280]
Gene Wettstone	1913–2013	100	American gymnastics coach[281]
John Wheatley	1860–1962	102	New Zealand cricketer[282]
Martin White	1909–2011	102	Irish hurler[283]
Edvin Wide	1896–1996	100	Swedish long-distance runner[284]
Bucky Williams	1906–2009	102	American baseball player[285]
Mac Wilson	1914–2017	103	Australian rules footballer[286]
Willem Winkelman	1887–1990	102	Dutch athlete[287]
Steve Wochy	1922–	102	Canadian National Hockey League player[288]
Bob Wright	1891–1993	101	American Major League Baseball player[289]
Phyllis Wylie	1911–2012	101	English amateur golfer[290]
Donnell Young	1888–1989	101	American Olympic sprinter[291]
Henry Young	1923–	101	Australian tennis player[292]
Fred Zebouni	1914–2014	100	Lebanese Olympic sailor[293]

Notes

1. However, in the 1932 Summer Olympics, Alberto Egea competed in art competitions, but these are no longer recognized as events by the IOC.