List of centenarians (sportspeople) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as sportspeople – known for reasons other than their longevity

Longevity

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Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
Ole Aarnæs Ole Aarnæs Olav "Ole" Augunsen Aarnæs was a Norwegian high jumper.He participated in the high jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics and cleared 1.75 metres but didn't qualify for the final. He never became Norwegian champion....	1888–1992	103	Norwegian high jumper
Leonidas Andrianopoulos Leonidas Andrianopoulos Leonidas Andrianopoulos was a Greek footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Andrianopoulos played club football for Olympiacos, alongside his four older brothers. Following his death, club president Vaggelis Marinakis described him as a "legend."...	1911–2011	100	Greek association football player
Eddie Ambrose Eddie Ambrose Edward E. "Eddie" Ambrose was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. In the 1910s and 1920s he rode for top owners such as Harry Payne Whitney, Willis Sharpe Kilmer, and Walter M...	1894–1994	100	American jockey Jockey A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
Constance M. K. Applebee Constance M. K. Applebee Constance Mary Katherine Applebee is best known for introducing field hockey to the United States in 1901....	1873–1981	107	American field hockey Field hockey Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks... player
Errie Ball Errie Ball Samuel Henry "Errie" Ball is a retired Welsh-American professional golfer who competed at the inaugural Augusta National golf tournament in 1934 . He is perhaps best known as the only player who competed in that tournament that is alive today.Ball was born in Bangor, Wales...	1910 –		Welsh-American golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... er
Charlie Booth Charlie Booth Charlie Booth was an Australian athlete.In the 1930s, he was a champion runner who participated in several Stawell Gifts, until a victory in 1939. He was also a fitter and turner apprentice...	1903–2008	104	Australian athlete
Alida van den Bos Alida van den Bos Alida "Alie" Johanna van den Bos was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.In 1928 she won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team.She was born in Amsterdam and died in Amsterdam....	1902–2003	101	Dutch Olympic gymnast Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
Carmelo Camet Carmelo Camet Carmelo Félix Camet was an Argentine fencer who competed in the Olympic games in 1928. He was the son of Francisco Carmelo Camet, a fencer at the 1900 Summer Olympics who is sometimes considered to be Argentina's first participant at the Olympics...	1904–2007	102	Argentine Olympic fencer Fencing Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
Jimmy Coffey Jimmy Coffey Jimmy 'Butler' Coffey was an Irish sportsperson. He was born in Newport, County Tipperary. He played hurling with his local Newport club and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1931 until 1940...	1909–2010	101	Irish hurler Hurling Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
Abe Coleman Abe Coleman Abe Coleman, born Abbe Kelmer, was a Polish-American professional wrestler who was, at the time of his death, believed to be the oldest member of his profession in the world. His wife, June Miller, who he married in 1939, died in 1987...	1905–2007	101	Polish-American wrestler
Ray Cunningham Ray Cunningham Raymond Lee Cunningham was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1931 and 1932. He batted and threw right-handed. A native of Mesquite, Texas, Cunningham played briefly for the Cardinals at third base before an injury cut short his career...	1905–2005	100	American Major League Baseball Major League Baseball Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League... player
Sam Dana Sam Dana Sam Dana, born Sam Salemi was a former professional American football player who played running back for two seasons for the Hartford Blues and New York Yankees. At the time of his death, Dana was thought to be the oldest living NFL player.-External links:...	1903–2007	104	American football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by... player
George Daneel George Daneel George Murray Daneel was a South African rugby player. He was capped eight times, scoring two tries. He was known as being the oldest Springbok rugby player.-Personal history:...	1904–2004	100	South African international rugby union Rugby union Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand... player
Frans De Blaes Frans De Blaes Frans De Blaes was a Belgian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1930s. He competed in the K-2 1000 m at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but eliminated in the heats. At the time of his death he was Belgium's oldest living Olympic competitor.-References:***...	1909–2010	100	Belgian Olympic canoeist Canoeing Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....
Lucien Démanet Lucien Démanet Lucien Démanet was a French gymnast who competed at the turn of the 20th century. He participated in Gymnastics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the bronze medal with a total score of 293 points in the only gymnastic event to take place at the games, the combined exercises...	1874–1979	104	French Olympic gymnast
D. B. Deodhar D. B. Deodhar Dinkar Balwant Deodhar was an Indian cricketer, who played in first class cricket matches during 1911 – 1948.Deodhar was born in Poona , India. He was, by profession, a professor at S. P. College in Pune....	1892–1993	101	Indian cricket Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the... player and Sanskrit Sanskrit Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand... ist
John Ditlev-Simonsen John Ditlev-Simonsen John Peder Ditlev-Simonsen was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Norwegian boat Silja in the 8 metre class event.-References:...	1898-2001	102	Norwegian Olympic sailor Sailing at the Summer Olympics Sailing has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Despite being scheduled in the first Olympic program, the races were canceled due to severe weather conditions...
John Donnelly	1906 –		American table tennis Table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net... player
Theo Dubois Theo Dubois Theo Alfred Dubois was a champion rower from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was born in Brussels, Belgium.In 1939, he won the United States and Canadian doubles amateur rowing championships, teaming with Albert Riley...	1911–2011	100	Canadian champion rower
Jean Elichagaray Jean Elichagaray Jean Baptiste Pierre Eugène Elichagaray was a French rower who competed in the men's eights event at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. A member of the Société Nautique de Bayonne, he was eliminated in the opening heats alongside Jean Arné, Gabriel St...	1886–1887	100	French Olympic rower Rowing at the Summer Olympics Rowing at the Summer Olympics has been part of the competition since the 1900 Summer Olympics. Rowing was on the program at the 1896 Summer Olympics but was cancelled due to bad weather. Only men were allowed to compete until the women's events were introduced at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal...
Joaquim Fiúza Joaquim Fiúza Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza was a Portuguese sailor who competed in three Olympic games in 1936, 1948 and 1952. He was born in São Domingos de Benfica. At the Berlin Games he was placed 10th in the men's Star class sailing competition, alongside António Guedes de Herédia...	1908–2010	102	Portuguese Olympic sailor
Milt Gaston Milt Gaston Nathaniel Milton Gaston was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1924-1934. Born in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, he played for the St. Louis Browns, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators and Chicago White Sox. He died at age 100 in Barnstable, Massachusetts...	1896–1996	100	American Major League Baseball player
Jacques Gerschwiler Jacques Gerschwiler Jacques Gerschwiler was a noted Swiss figure skater and coach. He was later elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Among his students were Cecilia Colledge, Jeannette Altwegg, and Sally Stapleford. Born in Arbon, Switzerland, he was the brother of Arnold Gerschwiler and the uncle of...	1898–2000	101	Swiss figure skater Figure skating Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
Johnny Gibson Johnny Gibson John A. Gibson was a runner and Olympic athlete.Gibson was born in New York City in 1905, but lived most of his life in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He was the head coach of men's track and field at Seton Hall University from 1945 to 1972. Gibson was a 1928 graduate of Fordham University, where he held...	1905–2006	101	American Olympic athlete
Norman Gordon Norman Gordon Norman Gordon is a former South African cricketer who played in five Tests in the 1938–39 South African cricket season. He was born in Boksburg, Transvaal. He is the oldest living Test cricketer, and the first to reach 100 years...	1911 –		South African cricketer
Alf Goullet Alf Goullet Alf Goullet was an Australian cyclist who won more than 400 races on three continents, including 15 six-day races...	1891–1995	103	Australian cyclist Cycling Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
Howdy Groskloss Howdy Groskloss Howard Hoffman "Howdy" Groskloss was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates . Groskloss batted and threw right-handed....	1906–2006	100	American Major League Baseball player
Basil Hayden Basil Hayden Basil Ewing Hayden was an American college basketball player and coach. A Kentucky native, he began playing the sport in the sixth grade and, after a year at Transylvania University, transferred to the University of Kentucky to study chemistry and play on the school's basketball squad...	1899–2003	103	American college basketball College basketball College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III.... coach
Mac Henderson Mac Henderson James McLaren Henderson , better known as Mac Henderson was a Scottish international rugby union player and businessman, founding one of Edinburgh's most famous restaurants, Henderson's. His brother Ian was also an international rugby player.Henderson was born in 1907 in Elphinstone, near Tranent...	1907–2009	101	Scottish international rugby union Rugby union Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand... player
Ernst Jakob Henne Ernst Jakob Henne Ernst Jakob Henne was a distinguished German motorcycle racer and racecar driver.Henne was born in the village of Weiler, near Wangen im Allgäu. His father was a saddlemaker. In 1919 Henne was apprenticed to a become a motor vehicle mechanic. He started racing in 1923 in Mühldorf, and in 1925 he...	1904–2005	101	German racecar Auto racing Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:... driver
Erik Herseth Erik Herseth Erik Johan Herseth was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Eleda, which won the gold medal in the 10 metre class ....	1892–1993	100	Norwegian Olympic sailor and gold medalist
Chet Hoff Chet Hoff Chester Cornelius Hoff was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.-Biography:Born in Ossining, New York, he pitched for the New York Highlanders from 1911–1913 and for the St. Louis Browns in 1915.Hoff made his major league debut on September 6, 1911...	1891–1998	107	Longest-lived American Major League Baseball player
Ralph Horween Ralph Horween Ralph Horween was a professional American football player who played for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League...	1896–1997	100	American football player
Jim Hutchinson Jim Hutchinson James Metcalf Hutchinson was an English cricketer who played more than 250 first-class games for Derbyshire between 1920 and 1931...	1896–2000	103	Longest-lived English cricketer
Ulrich Inderbinen Ulrich Inderbinen Ulrich Inderbinen was a Swiss mountain guide famous for his longevity and love for mountain climbing. He had been on the top of Matterhorn over 370 times and made his last ascent of it when he was 90....	1900–2004	103	Swiss mountain guide
Gonçalves Isabelinha Gonçalves Isabelinha Joaquim Duarte Gonçalves Isabelinha was a footballer of Académica de Coimbra and a medical doctor.Born to a relatively modest family in Almeirim, Portugal, at a time that study at the secondary school aiming the university admission was considered a luxury in Portugal, Isabelinha studied at Liceu...	1908–2009	100	Portuguese association football player and doctor
Fernand Jaccard Fernand Jaccard Fernand Alfred Jaccard was a Swiss football midfielder.-Career:Jaccard played in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He went on to manage FC Basel from 1937 to 1939, after retiring from playing. He then coached FC Locarno, Servette FC, Cantonal Neuchâtel FC, FC Chiasso and FC Lausanne-Sport.- References :...	1907–2008	100	Swiss association football midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
Dirk Janssen Dirk Janssen Dirk Janssen was a Dutch gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.Born in Groningen, Janssen was part of the Dutch gymnastics team, which finished seventh in the team event. In the individual all-around competition he finished 69th.He was the younger brother of Jan Janssen. He died at the...	1881–1986	105	Dutch gymnast Gymnastics Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
Signe Johansson-Engdahl Signe Johansson-Engdahl Signe Dagmar Charlotta Johansson-Engdahl was a Swedish swimmer who competed in the Olympic games in 1924 in Paris. She competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics in diving, but did not win a medal, placing 5th. From the death of Carmelo Camet on July 22, 2007, until her own, she was believed to be the...	1905–2010	104	Swedish Olympian and swimmer Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
Feroze Khan	1904–2005	100	Pakistani field hockey Olympian
Jalmari Kivenheimo Jalmari Kivenheimo Viktor Jalmar "Jalmari" Kivenheimo was a Finnish gymnast who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....	1889–1994	105	Longest-lived Olympic medalist
Hans Kleppen Hans Kleppen Hans Kleppen was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the late 1920s. He won a bronze medal on the individual large hill competition at the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane....	1907–2009	102	Norwegian Olympic ski jumper Ski jumping Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...
Gustav Lantschner Gustav Lantschner Gustav "Guzzi" Lantschner is an Austrian-born German alpine skier turned actor. He competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics....	1910 –		Austrian Olympic silver medal-winning alpine skier and actor
Tony Malinosky Tony Malinosky Anthony Francis Malinosky was a third baseman and shortstop in Major League baseball who played 35 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the season...	1909–2011	101	American Major League Baseball player
Connie Marrero Connie Marrero Conrado Eugenio "Connie" Marrero Ramos is a former Cuban professional baseball pitcher. The right-handed Marrero pitched in Major League Baseball from to for the Washington Senators. Marrero made his major league debut when he was 38 years old, and was one of the oldest players in the league...	1911 –		Cuban Major League Baseball player
Keizo Miura Keizo Miura was a Japanese skiing legend. He was a skiing teacher and photographer of mountain landscapes. He was notable for his fitness and outdoor-sport undertakings at advanced age; he was the oldest person to climb the Kilimanjaro, at age 77 and descended a Gletscher of the Mont Blanc at age 99 together...	1904–2006	101	Japanese skier and ski instructor
Phyllis Mudford Phyllis Mudford Phyllis King was the oldest living Wimbledon champion when she died at age 100.Mudford was born in 1905 in Wallington, Surrey. She won the Wimbledon Ladies' Doubles Championship in 1931 with partner Dorothy Shepherd-Barron.-References:...	1905–2006	100	British Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... champion
Emilio Navarro Emilio Navarro Emilio "Millito" Navarro was the first Puerto Rican to play baseball in the Negro Leagues. At age 105, Navarro was also the oldest living professional baseball player to have played in the Negro Leagues.-Biography:...	1905–2011	105	Puerto Rican baseball player
Albert Öberg Albert Öberg Bror Albert Öberg was a Swedish athlete who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. In Stockholm he participated in the men's 10000 metres event, but was eliminated in the semi-finals after placing sixth, the only competitor to finish the race but not advance to the final. He was born in Härnösand...	1888–1990	101	Swedish Olympic athlete
Marjorie Okell Marjorie Okell Marjorie Francis Okell, later Harris was an international track and field athlete from Great Britain. Her main event was the high jump in which she placed 6th at the 1934 Empire Games. She was also British Athletics Champion in high jump in 1929 and 1931. Her personal best was in 1931...	1908–2009	101	British athlete
Luis Oliva Luis Oliva Luis Oliva was an Argentine athlete who competed in two Olympic Games in 1932 and 1936. He was born in Córdoba, Argentina and was discovered while fulfilling military service in Argentina...	1908–2009	101	Argentine Olympic athlete
Hanna Olsen Hanna Olsen Hanna Olsen was a Swedish fencer who competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics. In Paris in 1924 she competed in the women's foil event, but was eliminated in the semi-finals, placing fourth in her pool. Four years later she competed in the same event, but did not win any bouts...	1889–1990	100	Swedish Olympic fencer
Ivo Pavelić Ivo Pavelić Ivan A. "Ivo" Pavelić was a Yugoslavian swimmer of Croatian descent who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He failed to advance beyond the first round of the men's 200 metre breaststroke event....	1908–2011	103	Croatian footballer and Olympic swimmer
Attilio Pavesi Attilio Pavesi Attilio Pavesi was an Italian cyclist and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, in the Individual Road Race, as well as a gold medal in the Team Road Race. He turned 100 in October 2010. He died at the age of almost 101 years, on August 2 of the next year,...	1910–2011	100	Italian Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist
Cyril Perkins Cyril Perkins George Cyril Perkins is a former English cricketer. Perkins was a right-handed batsman who bowled both slow left-arm orthodox and left-arm medium pace. He was born in Wollaston, Northamptonshire. On 4 June 2011, he became the 12th former first-class player to reach 100 years of age, and the 4th...	1911 –		English cricketer
Jacqueline Piatigorsky Jacqueline Piatigorsky Jacqueline Rebecca Louise de Rothschild is a French-American chess and tennis champion, author, sculptor and a member of the Rothschild banking family of France. The daughter of the enormously wealthy and influential banker, Édouard Alphonse de Rothschild, and Germaine Alice Halphen, she is the...	1911 –		French-born American chess and tennis player, author, and sculptor
Paul Pietsch Paul Pietsch Paul Pietsch is a former racing driver from Germany and founder of the magazine Das Auto.-Biography:Born in Freiburg, Pietsch began his racing career in 1932 with a private Bugatti and Alfa Romeo....	1911 –		German Formula One racing driver and magazine publisher
Hal Haig Prieste Hal Haig Prieste Hal Haig "Harry" Prieste was an American athlete who participated in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp as a diver.-Biography:...	1896–2001	104	Armenian-American high diver and bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
Alfred Proksch Alfred Proksch Alfred Proksch was an Austrian Olympic athlete and graphic designer. The son of one of the co-founders of the Wiener Sport-Club, Proksch took an active interest in both athletics and graphic design from an early age...	1908–2011	102	Austrian Olympic athlete and graphic designer
Ted Radcliffe Ted Radcliffe Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe was at his death thought to be the oldest living professional baseball player , one of only a handful of major league players who lived past their 100th birthdays, and a former star in the...	1902–2005	103	American Negro League Baseball Negro league baseball The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in... player
Godfrey Rampling Godfrey Rampling Godfrey Lionel Rampling was an English athlete and army officer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics...	1909–2009	100	English Olympic relay runner Relay race During a relay race, members of a team take turns running, orienteering, swimming, cross-country skiing, biathlon, or ice skating parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. Relay races take the form of professional races and amateur games...
Juan Reccius Juan Reccius Hans Werner "Juan" Reccius Ellwanger is a Chilean former athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He competed in the men's triple jump event, but did not advance beyond the qualifying round....	1911 –		Chilean Olympic athlete
James Stillman Rockefeller James Stillman Rockefeller James Stillman Rockefeller was a member of the prominent U.S. Rockefeller family.-Personal life:A paternal grandson of William Rockefeller, his maternal grandfather James Stillman and uncle James Alexander Stillman served as president of the National City Bank of New York, now Citibank...	1902–2004	102	American rower, gold medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France... and founder of the First National City Bank Citibank Citibank, a major international bank, is the consumer banking arm of financial services giant Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York... of New York
Rudolf Schrader Rudolf Schrader Rudolf Schrader was an American gymnast who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. As a member of the Turnverein Vorwärts club of Chicago, he finished seventh out of thirteen American clubs in the men's team event...	1875–1981	105	American gymnast and longest-lived Olympic competitor
Silas Simmons Silas Simmons Silas Joseph "Si" Simmons was an American semi-professional and professional baseball player for African-American teams in the pre-Negro League era, and became the longest-lived professional baseball player in history. The previous record was held by Chet Hoff, who died at age 107 in...	1893/8–2006	108–113	American semi-professional Semi-professional A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional... and professional Professional A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,... baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... player
Rupert de Smidt Rupert de Smidt Rupert de Smidt was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province and is one of nine first-class cricketers to pass 100 years of age....	1883–1986	102	South African cricketer
Herman Smith-Johannsen Herman Smith-Johannsen Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, CM was a Norwegian-Canadian supercentenarian who gained widespread recognition for being one of the first people to introduce the sport of cross-country skiing to Canada and North America...	1875–1987	111	Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
Amos Alonzo Stagg Amos Alonzo Stagg Amos Alonzo Stagg was an American athlete and pioneering college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football...	1862–1965	102	American football player and coach.
Rollie Stiles Rollie Stiles Rolland Mays Stiles was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns from to . Born in Ratcliff, Arkansas, he batted and threw right-handed, and was 9-14 with an earned run average of 5.92 in his three seasons. Rollie attended Southeastern State...	1906–2007	100	American Major League Baseball player
Leon Štukelj Leon Štukelj Leon Štukelj was a Yugoslav gymnast of Slovene nationality, Olympic gold medalist and athlete.Štukelj was born in Novo Mesto, Austria-Hungary . He is a noted figure in Slovenian sporting history...	1898–1999	100	Slovenian gymnast who won six Olympic medals
Francisco Varallo Francisco Varallo Francisco Antonio "Pancho" Varallo was an Argentine football forward. He played for the Argentine national team from 1930 to 1937. He was a member of Argentina's squad at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930...	1910–2010	100	Argentine association football player
Sydney Walling Sydney Walling Sir Sydney Walling was an Antiguan cricketer who played for Antigua and Barbuda during the 1930’s and 1940’s.Despite playing for his national team he failed to ever make it onto the West Indies team...	1907–2009	102	Antiguan cricketer
Walter Walsh Walter Walsh Colonel Walter Rudolph Walsh is a former FBI agent, USMC shooting instructor and Olympic shooter. Walsh joined the FBI in 1934, serving during the Public enemy era, and was involved in several high-profile FBI cases, including the capture of Arthur Barker and the killing of Al Brady...	1907 –		American FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime... agent and Olympic shooter
Syd Ward Syd Ward Sydney William "Syd" Ward was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer. Ward was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace...	1907–2010	103	New Zealand cricketer
Billy Werber Billy Werber William Murray Werber was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox , Philadelphia Athletics , Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants...	1908–2009	100	American baseball player
Martin White Martin White (hurler) Martin White was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.White made his first appearance for the team during the 1931 championship and became a regular member of the team until his retirement following the conclusion of the 1938 championship...	1909–2011	102	Irish hurler
Edvin Wide Edvin Wide Emil Edvin Wide was a Swedish long-distance runner.Born in Finland, Wide competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium, in the 3000 metre team, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Eric Backman and Sven Lundgren.He returned to the Olympics four years later...	1896–1996	100	Swedish Olympic long-distance runner
Bucky Williams	1906–2009	102	American baseball player
Willem Winkelman Willem Winkelman Wilhelmus Frederikus Winkelman was a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born in Delfshaven and died in Voorburg....	1887–1990	102	Dutch Olympic athlete Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
Bob Wright Bob Wright (baseball) Robert Cassius Wright was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs in . He was born in Decatur County, Indiana and died in Carmichael, California.-References:...	1891–1993	101	American Major League Baseball player

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