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 |
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Ole Aarnæs | 1888–1992 | 103 | Norwegian high jumper[1] |
Manohar Aich | 1912–2016 | 104 | 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] |
Eileen Ash | 1911–2021 | 110 | English cricketer[7] |
Carl-Erik Asplund | 1923–2024 | 100 | Swedish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist[8] |
Yuri Averbakh | 1922–2022 | 100 | Russian chess grandmaster[9] |
Graham Bailey | 1920– | 104 | English footballer[10] |
Errie Ball | 1910–2014 | 103 | Welsh-American golfer[11] |
Mario Becerril | 1917–2018 | 101 | Mexican equestrian[12] |
Reg Beresford | 1921–2021 | 100 | English footballer[13] |
Gretel Bergmann | 1914–2017 | 103 | German high jumper[14] |
Elizabeth Williams Berry | 1854–1969 | 114 | Australian jockey[15] |
Jeanne Bisgood | 1923–2024 | 100 | English golfer[16] |
Charlie Booth | 1903–2008 | 104 | Australian athlete[17] |
Alida van den Bos | 1902–2003 | 101 | Dutch gymnast[18] |
Charles Braithwaite | 1845–1946 | 100 | English cricketer[19] |
Philip Henry Bridenbaugh | 1890–1990 | 100 | American college football player and coach[20] |
Edgar Britt | 1913–2017 | 103 | Australian jockey[21] |
Bill Brown | 1878–1980 | 101 | British Olympic racewalker[22] |
Trygve Brudevold | 1920–2021 | 100 | Norwegian bobsledder[23] |
Alan Burgess | 1920–2021 | 100 | New Zealand cricketer[24][25] |
Jack Burke Jr. | 1923–2024 | 100 | American golfer[26] |
Wilhelm Büsing | 1921–2023 | 102 | German equestrian[27] |
Fred Caligiuri | 1918–2018 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[28] |
Carmelo Camet | 1904–2007 | 102 | Argentine fencer[29] |
Lloyd Campbell | 1915–2016 | 101 | Canadian curler[30] |
Eddie Carnett | 1916–2016 | 100 | American baseball player[31] |
Ken Casanega | 1921–2021 | 100 | American football quarterback[32] |
Elmer Carter | 1911–2011 | 100 | American Negro league baseball player[33] |
James Carter | 1911–2012 | 100 | American basketball coach[34] |
Jaroslav Cháňa | 1899–2000 | 100 | Czech footballer[35] |
Newton Chandler | 1893–1997 | 103 | Australian rules football player[36] |
Raghunath Chandorkar | 1920–2021 | 100 | Indian cricketer[37] |
Edna Child | 1922–2023 | 100 | British Olympic diver (1948)[38] |
Jimmy Coffey | 1909–2010 | 101 | Irish hurler[39] |
Abe Coleman | 1905–2007 | 101 | Polish-American wrestler[40] |
Rusi Cooper | 1922–2023 | 100 | Indian cricketer[41] |
Jim Cullivan | 1921– | 103 | American football player and coach[42] |
Iris Cummings | 1920– | 103 | American Olympic swimmer and aviator[43] |
Ray Cunningham | 1905–2005 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[44] |
John Daley | 1887–1988 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player[45] |
Sam Dana | 1903–2007 | 104 | American football player[46] |
George Daneel | 1904–2004 | 100 | South African international rugby union player[47] |
Frans De Blaes | 1909–2010 | 100 | Belgian canoeist[48] |
George Deane | 1828–1929 | 100 | English cricketer[49] |
Bill Dellastatious | 1922–2023 | 101 | American football player and coach[50] |
John Dellert | 1884–1985 | 100 | American gymnast[51] |
Shan Deniston | 1919–2020 | 101 | American athlete and sports coach[52] |
D. B. Deodhar | 1892–1993 | 101 | Indian cricket player and Sanskritist[53] |
Dorothy Dermody | 1909–2012 | 102 | Irish fencer[54] |
Tom Dickinson | 1897–1999 | 102 | American football player[55] |
John Ditlev-Simonsen | 1898–2001 | 102 | Norwegian sailor[56] |
Yelena Donskaya | 1915–2016 | 100 | Soviet sport shooter[57] |
Herb Douglas | 1922–2023 | 101 | American athlete[58] |
Ernst Dubach | 1881–1982 | 100 | Swiss cyclist[59] |
Theo Dubois | 1911–2011 | 100 | Canadian champion rower[60] |
Edward Dyson | 1919–2020 | 100 | British rower[61] |
George Elder | 1921–2022 | 101 | American professional baseball outfielder[62] |
Jean Elichagaray | 1886–1887 | 100 | French rower[63] |
Charlie Emig | 1875–1975 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[64] |
Wesley Englehorn | 1890–1993 | 103 | American football player and coach[65] |
Edward English | 1864–1966 | 102 | English cricketer[66] |
Ralph Erickson | 1902–2002 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[67] |
Horst Faber | 1921–2022 | 101 | Austrian figure skater[68] |
Ferdinand Fabra | 1906–2007 | 101 | German football manager[69] |
Magda Fedor | 1914–2017 | 103 | Hungarian sports shooter[70] |
Ken Feltscheer | 1915–2017 | 102 | Australian rules footballer[71] |
Alan Finlayson | 1900–2001 | 101 | South African cricketer[72] |
Joaquim Fiúza | 1908–2010 | 102 | Portuguese sailor[73] |
Josef Fleischlinger | 1911–2013 | 101 | Czech basketball coach and sports official[74] |
Billie Fleming | 1914–2014 | 100 | English long-distance cyclist[75] |
Harry Forsyth | 1903–2004 | 100 | British-Irish cricketer[76] |
Jim Freeman | 1914–2015 | 101 | American college football player and coach[77] |
Bruno Frietsch | 1896–1996 | 100 | Finnish sport shooter[78] |
Johnny Fripp | 1921–2022 | 101 | Canadian skier and football player[79] |
Evelyn Furtsch | 1914–2015 | 100 | American track and field athlete[80] |
Gabre Gabric | 1914–2015 | 101 | Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete[81] |
Miguel Gallastegui | 1918–2019 | 100 | Spanish pelota player[82] |
Rodrigo García Vizoso | 1909–2009 | 100 | Spanish footballer[83] |
Milt Gaston | 1896–1996 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[84] |
Georges Géronimi | 1892–1994 | 101 | French association football forward[85] |
Jacques Gerschwiler | 1898–2000 | 101 | Swiss figure skater[86] |
Fred Gibson | 1912–2013 | 101 | Jamaican-born English first-class cricketer[87] |
Johnny Gibson | 1905–2006 | 101 | American athlete[88] |
Ed Gill | 1895–1995 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[89] |
Bill Glassford | 1914–2016 | 102 | American football player and coach[90] |
Fred Gloden | 1918–2019 | 100 | American football player[91] |
Norman Gordon | 1911–2014 | 103 | South African Test cricketer[92] |
Alf Goullet | 1891–1995 | 103 | Australian cyclist[93] |
Achilleas Grammatikopoulos | 1908–2008 | 100 | Greek association football player[94] |
Howdy Groskloss | 1906–2006 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[95] |
Guo Jie | 1912–2015 | 103 | Chinese Olympic athlete[96] |
George Haigh | 1915–2019 | 103 | English association football player[97] |
Virginia Halas McCaskey | 1923– | 101 | American football executive[98] |
George Harman | 1874–1975 | 101 | Irish rugby union international and cricketer[99] |
João Havelange | 1916–2016 | 100 | Brazilian water polo player and president of FIFA[100] |
Basil Hayden | 1899–2003 | 103 | American college basketball coach[101] |
Jaap Havekotte | 1912–2014 | 102 | Dutch speed skater[102] |
Don Heap | 1912–2016 | 103 | American football and baseball coach[103] |
Bobbie Heine Miller | 1909–2016 | 106 | South African tennis player[104] |
John Henderson | 1912–2020 | 107 | American college football player[105] |
Mac Henderson | 1907–2009 | 101 | Scottish international rugby union player[106] |
Ernst Jakob Henne | 1904–2005 | 101 | German racecar driver[107] |
Erik Herseth | 1892–1993 | 100 | Norwegian sailor[108] |
Red Hoff | 1891–1998 | 107 | American Major League Baseball player[109] |
Mary Holda | 1915–2016 | 100 | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player[110] |
Ralph Horween | 1896–1997 | 100 | American football player[111] |
Edith Houghton | 1912–2013 | 100 | American professional baseball player and scout[112] |
Jim Hutchinson | 1896–2000 | 103 | Longest-lived English cricketer[113] |
Ulrich Inderbinen | 1900–2004 | 103 | Swiss mountain guide[114] |
Joaquim Duarte Gonçalves Isabelinha | 1908–2009 | 100 | Portuguese association football player and medical doctor[115] |
Fernand Jaccard | 1907–2008 | 100 | Swiss association football midfielder[116] |
Alberto Jammaron | 1915–2016 | 101 | Italian cross-country skier[117] |
Dirk Janssen | 1881–1986 | 105 | Dutch gymnast[118] |
Kai Jensen | 1897–1997 | 100 | Danish athlete[119] |
Betsy Jochum | 1921– | 103 | American baseball player[120] |
Signe Johansson-Engdahl | 1905–2010 | 104 | Swedish swimmer[121] |
Aarne Kainlauri | 1915–2020 | 104 | Finnish track and field athlete[122] |
Andrejs Kapmals | 1889–1994 | 104 | Latvian marathoner[123] |
Ágnes Keleti | 1921– | 103 | Hungarian-Israeli Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast[124] |
Rezső Kende | 1908–2011 | 102 | Hungarian gymnast[125] |
Feroze Khan | 1904–2005 | 100 | Pakistani field hockey player[126] |
Earl Killian | 1920–2022 | 102 | American college baseball, basketball, and soccer coach[127] |
Phyllis Mudford King | 1905–2006 | 100 | British Wimbledon champion[128] |
Jalmari Kivenheimo | 1889–1994 | 105 | Finnish gymnast[129] |
Hans Kleppen | 1907–2009 | 102 | Norwegian ski jumper[130] |
Sir Durward Knowles | 1917–2018 | 100 | Bahamanian sailor[131] |
Johnny Kovatch | 1912–2013 | 101 | American football player[132] |
John Kundla | 1916–2017 | 101 | American basketball coach[133] |
Gustav Lantschner | 1910–2011 | 100 | Austrian alpine skier and actor[134] |
Henning Larsen | 1910–2011 | 100 | Danish athlete[135] |
Sam Latter | 1904–2010 | 106 | Scottish footballer[136] |
Jack Laver | 1917–2017 | 100 | Australian cricketer[137] |
Lee Tsuntung | 1916–2017 | 100 | Chinese basketball player[138] |
Maxime Lehmann | 1906–2009 | 102 | French association football defensive midfielder[139] |
Bud Lewis | 1908–2011 | 103 | American golfer[140] |
Elizabeth Lindsay | 1912–2013 | 100 | American track and field athlete[141] |
René Llense | 1913–2014 | 100 | French footballer[142] |
Gunnar Löfgren | 1910–2012 | 101 | Swedish footballer[143] |
Megan Lowe | 1915–2017 | 101 | English cricketer[144] |
Bill Lucas | 1917–2018 | 101 | British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948)[145] |
Mike Lude | 1922–2024 | 101 | American college sports coach and athletics director[146] |
John Lysak | 1914–2020 | 105 | American canoeist[147] |
Johnny Macknowski | 1923–2024 | 101 | American basketball player[148] |
Hans Maier | 1916–2018 | 102 | Dutch water polo player[149] |
Tony Malinosky | 1909–2011 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player[150] |
John Manners | 1914–2020 | 105 | English cricketer[151] |
Diran Manoukian | 1919–2020 | 101 | French field hockey player[152] |
Carla Marangoni | 1915–2018 | 102 | Italian gymnast[153] |
Zach March | 1892–1994 | 101 | English footballer[154] |
Robert Marchand | 1911–2021 | 109 | French cyclist[155] |
Joe Marhefka | 1902–2003 | 101 | American football player[156] |
Connie Marrero | 1911–2014 | 102 | Cuban Major League Baseball player[157] |
Ted Martin | 1902–2004 | 101 | Australian cricketer[158] |
Kenneth McAlpine | 1920–2023 | 102 | British racing driver[159] |
Neil McCorkell | 1912–2013 | 100 | English county cricketer[160] |
Ralph Miller | 1873–1973 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[161] |
Keizo Miura | 1904–2006 | 101 | Japanese skier and ski instructor[162] |
Hidekichi Miyazaki | 1910–2019 | 108 | Japanese masters athlete[163] |
Gardnar Mulloy | 1913–2016 | 102 | American tennis player[164] |
Millito Navarro | 1905–2011 | 105 | Puerto Rican baseball player[165] |
John A. Nerud | 1913–2015 | 102 | American horse trainer[166] |
Helen Nicol | 1920–2021 | 101 | Canadian baseball player[167] |
Andreas Nilsson | 1910–2011 | 101 | Swedish association football midfielder[168] |
Wilf Nixon | 1882–1985 | 102 | English association football goalkeeper[169] |
Bernarr Notley | 1918–2019 | 100 | English cricketer[170] |
Albert Öberg | 1888–1990 | 101 | Swedish athlete[171] |
Marjorie Okell | 1908–2009 | 101 | British athlete[172] |
Luis Oliva | 1908–2009 | 101 | Argentine athlete[173] |
Hanna Olsen | 1889–1990 | 100 | Swedish fencer[174] |
Bill Otis | 1889–1990 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[175] |
Ace Parker | 1912–2013 | 101 | American professional American football and Major League Baseball player[176] |
Alf Patrick | 1921–2021 | 100 | English footballer[177] |
Ivo Pavelić | 1908–2011 | 103 | Yugoslavian footballer and swimmer[178] |
Attilio Pavesi | 1910–2011 | 100 | Italian cyclist[179] |
Ettore Perego | 1913–2013 | 100 | Italian gymnast[180] |
Cyril Perkins | 1911–2013 | 102 | English county cricketer[181] |
Jacqueline Piatigorsky | 1911–2012 | 100 | French-born American chess and tennis player, author and sculptor[182] |
Paul Pietsch | 1911–2012 | 100 | German pre-War Grand Prix and Formula One racing driver and magazine publisher[183] |
Gordon Perry | 1903–2003 | 100 | Canadian football player [citation needed] |
Brian Pope | 1911–2011 | 100 | English international rugby union player[184] |
Jim Power | 1895–1998 | 102 | Irish hurler[185] |
Hal Haig Prieste | 1896–2001 | 104 | Armenian-American high diver and bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics[186] |
Frank Prihoda | 1921–2022 | 101 | Australian Olympic alpine skier[187][188][189] |
Tom Pritchard | 1917–2017 | 100 | New Zealand cricketer[190] |
Alfred Proksch | 1908–2011 | 102 | Austrian athlete and graphic designer[191] |
Marie Provazníková | 1890–1991 | 100 | Czechoslovak sports official active in the Sokol movement[192] |
Maurice Racca | 1922–2023 | 100 | French Olympic sport shooter (1956)[193] |
Marko Račič | 1920–2022 | 102 | Slovenian Olympic athlete (1948)[194] |
Ted Radcliffe | 1902–2005 | 103 | American Negro league baseball player[195] |
Vasant Raiji | 1920–2020 | 100 | Indian cricketer and cricket historian[196][197] |
Godfrey Rampling | 1909–2009 | 100 | English relay runner[198] |
Juan Reccius | 1911–2012 | 101 | Chilean athlete[199] |
Archie Richardson | 1879–1981 | 101 | Australian rules footballer[200] |
Carl Richardson | 1921–2023 | 102 | American college football coach (Eastern New Mexico University).[201] |
Pietro Righetti | 1899–2001 | 102 | Italian cyclist[202] |
Albert Ritzenberg | 1918–2018 | 100 | American tennis player and coach[203] |
Eddie Robinson | 1920–2021 | 100 | American baseball player[204] |
James Stillman Rockefeller | 1902–2004 | 102 | American rower and founder of the First National City Bank of New York[205] |
Nic Roeser | 1896–1997 | 100 | Luxembourgian gymnast[206] |
Jos Romersa | 1915–2016 | 101 | Luxembourgian gymnast[207] |
Roy Roper | 1923–2023 | 100 | New Zealand rugby player[208] |
Bob Ryland | 1920–2020 | 100 | American tennis player and coach[209] |
Don Salls | 1919–2021 | 101 | American football player and coach[210] |
Mike Sandlock | 1915–2016 | 100 | American baseball player[211] |
Zoltan Sarosy | 1906–2017 | 110 | Hungarian-Canadian chess master[212] |
Alan Sayers | 1915–2017 | 101 | New Zealand track and field athlete[213] |
Simone Schaller | 1912–2016 | 104 | American track and field athlete[147] |
Art Schallock | 1924– | 100 | American baseball player[214] |
Ambrose Schindler | 1917–2018 | 101 | American football player[215] |
Johan Chr. Schønheyder | 1915–2015 | 100 | Norwegian sports official[216] |
Mien Schopman-Klaver | 1911–2018 | 107 | Dutch track and field athlete[217] |
Rudolf Schrader | 1875–1981 | 105 | American gymnast[218] |
Aron Schvartzman | 1908–2013 | 104 | Argentine chess master[219] |
Archie Scott | 1918–2019 | 101 | Scottish cricketer[220] |
Celina Seghi | 1920–2022 | 102 | Italian alpine skier[221] |
Vic Seixas | 1923– | 100 | American tennis player.[222] Longest-lived Grand Slam men's singles champion. |
Félix Sienra | 1916–2023 | 107 | Uruguayan Olympic sailor[223] |
Silas Simmons | 1895–2006 | 111 | Longest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player[224] |
Ingeborg Sjöqvist | 1912–2015 | 103 | Swedish diver[225] |
Rupert de Smidt | 1883–1986 | 102 | South African cricketer[226] |
Arthur Smith | 1915–2021 | 106 | English association footballer[227] |
Lyle Smith | 1916–2017 | 101 | American football coach[228] |
Herman Smith-Johannsen | 1875–1987 | 111 | Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier[229] |
Erna Sondheim | 1904–2008 | 103 | German fencer[230] |
Cecil Souders | 1921–2021 | 100 | American football player[231] |
Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1862–1965 | 102 | American football player and coach[232] |
Harold Stapleton | 1915–2015 | 100 | Australian cricketer[233] |
Sreten Stefanović | 1916–2020 | 103 | Yugoslav gymnast[234] |
Rollie Stiles | 1906–2007 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[235] |
Gordon Stone | 1914–2015 | 100 | Australian rugby union player[236] |
Leon Štukelj | 1898–1999 | 100 | Slovenian gymnast[237] |
Egon Sundberg | 1911–2015 | 104 | Swedish footballer[238] |
Al Suomi | 1913–2014 | 100 | American National Hockey League player[239] |
Karl Swanson | 1900–2002 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player[240] |
Sándor Tarics | 1913–2016 | 102 | Hungarian water polo player[241] |
Ned Thompson | 1910–2011 | 101 | American collegiate sports coach and administrator[242] |
Olga Törös | 1914–2015 | 100 | Hungarian gymnast[243] |
Ignacio Trelles | 1916–2020 | 103 | Mexican football coach[244] |
Charley Trippi | 1921–2022 | 102 | American football player[245] |
Talat Tunçalp | 1915–2017 | 101 | Turkish cyclist[246] |
Eric Tweedale | 1921–2023 | 102 | English-born Australian rugby union player[247] |
Harry Van Surdam | 1881–1982 | 100 | American football player, coach and official[248] |
Francisco Varallo | 1910–2010 | 100 | Argentine association football player, last surviving participant of the 1930 FIFA World Cup[249] |
Jacqueline Vaudecrane | 1913–2018 | 104 | French figure skater and coach[250] |
Otto von Müller | 1875–1976 | 100 | German Olympic tennis player[251] |
Whitey Von Nieda | 1922–2023 | 101 | American basketball player[252] |
Harry Walker | 1915–2018 | 103 | English rugby union player[253] |
Sir Sydney Walling | 1907–2009 | 102 | Antiguan cricketer[254] |
Walter Walsh | 1907–2014 | 106 | American FBI agent and sport shooter[255] |
Syd Ward | 1907–2010 | 103 | New Zealand cricketer[256] |
Billy Werber | 1908–2009 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player[257] |
Gene Wettstone | 1913–2013 | 100 | American gymnastics coach[258] |
John Wheatley | 1860–1962 | 102 | New Zealand cricketer[259] |
Martin White | 1909–2011 | 102 | Irish hurler[260] |
Edvin Wide | 1896–1996 | 100 | Swedish long-distance runner[261] |
Bucky Williams | 1906–2009 | 102 | American baseball player[262] |
Mac Wilson | 1914–2017 | 103 | Australian rules footballer[263] |
Willem Winkelman | 1887–1990 | 102 | Dutch athlete[264] |
Steve Wochy | 1922- | 101 | Canadian National Hockey League player[265] |
Bob Wright | 1891–1993 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player[266] |
Phyllis Wylie | 1911–2012 | 101 | English amateur golfer[267] |
Donnell Young | 1888–1989 | 101 | American Olympic sprinter[268] |
Fred Zebouni | 1914–2014 | 100 | Lebanese Olympic sailor[269] |
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