# 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 | Notability |
| Ole Aarnæs | 1888–1992 | 103 | Norwegian high jumper |
| Manohar Aich | 1912–2016 | 104 | Indian bodybuilder and former Mr. Universe |
| Émile Allais | 1912–2012 | 100 | French alpine skier |
| Leonidas Andrianopoulos | 1911–2011 | 100 | Greek association football player |
| Eddie Ambrose | 1894–1994 | 100 | American jockey |
| Constance Applebee | 1873–1981 | 107 | American field hockey player |
| Eileen Ash | 1911–2021 | 110 | English cricketer |
| Carl-Erik Asplund | 1923–2024 | 100 | Swedish speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist |
| Yuri Averbakh | 1922–2022 | 100 | Russian chess grandmaster |
| Graham Bailey | 1920–2024 | 104 | English footballer |
| Errie Ball | 1910–2014 | 103 | Welsh-American golfer |
| Mario Becerril | 1917–2018 | 101 | Mexican equestrian |
| Reg Beresford | 1921–2021 | 100 | English footballer |
| Gretel Bergmann | 1914–2017 | 103 | German high jumper |
| Elizabeth Williams Berry | 1854–1969 | 114 | Australian jockey |
| Jeanne Bisgood | 1923–2024 | 100 | English golfer |
| Charlie Booth | 1903–2008 | 104 | Australian athlete |
| Alida van den Bos | 1902–2003 | 101 | Dutch gymnast |
| Charles Braithwaite | 1845–1946 | 100 | English cricketer |
| Philip Henry Bridenbaugh | 1890–1990 | 100 | American college football player and coach |
| Edgar Britt | 1913–2017 | 103 | Australian jockey |
| Bill Brown | 1878–1980 | 101 | British Olympic racewalker |
| Trygve Brudevold | 1920–2021 | 100 | Norwegian bobsledder |
| Betty Brussel | 1924– | 100 | Canadian swimmer |
| Alan Burgess | 1920–2021 | 100 | New Zealand cricketer |
| Jack Burke Jr. | 1923–2024 | 100 | American golfer |
| Wilhelm Büsing | 1921–2023 | 102 | German equestrian |
| Fred Caligiuri | 1918–2018 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Carmelo Camet | 1904–2007 | 102 | Argentine fencer |
| Lloyd Campbell | 1915–2016 | 101 | Canadian curler |
| Eddie Carnett | 1916–2016 | 100 | American baseball player |
| Ken Casanega | 1921–2021 | 100 | American football quarterback |
| James Carter | 1911–2012 | 100 | American basketball coach |
| Jaroslav Cháňa | 1899–2000 | 100 | Czech footballer |
| Newton Chandler | 1893–1997 | 103 | Australian rules football player |
| Raghunath Chandorkar | 1920–2021 | 100 | Indian cricketer |
| Edna Child | 1922–2023 | 100 | British Olympic diver (1948) |
| Jimmy Coffey | 1909–2010 | 101 | Irish hurler |
| Abe Coleman | 1905–2007 | 101 | Polish-American wrestler |
| Charles Coste | 1924– | 101 | French Olympic cyclist Champion (1948), and oldest torch bearer in 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony |
| Rusi Cooper | 1922–2023 | 100 | Indian cricketer |
| Jim Cullivan | 1921–2024 | 103 | American football player and coach |
| Iris Cummings | 1920–2025 | 104 | American Olympic swimmer and aviator |
| Ray Cunningham | 1905–2005 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Yvonne Curtet | 1920–2025 | 104 | French Olympic athlete |
| John Daley | 1887–1988 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Sam Dana | 1903–2007 | 104 | American football player |
| George Daneel | 1904–2004 | 100 | South African international rugby union player |
| Frans De Blaes | 1909–2010 | 100 | Belgian canoeist |
| George Deane | 1828–1929 | 100 | English cricketer |
| Bill Dellastatious | 1922–2023 | 101 | American football player and coach |
| John Dellert | 1884–1985 | 100 | American gymnast |
| Shan Deniston | 1919–2020 | 101 | American athlete and sports coach |
| D. B. Deodhar | 1892–1993 | 101 | Indian cricket player and Sanskritist |
| Dorothy Dermody | 1909–2012 | 102 | Irish fencer |
| Fred I. Dickerson | 1911–2017 | 106 | American junior college football coach |
| Tom Dickinson | 1897–1999 | 102 | American football player |
| John Ditlev-Simonsen | 1898–2001 | 102 | Norwegian sailor |
| Yelena Donskaya | 1915–2016 | 100 | Soviet sport shooter |
| Herb Douglas | 1922–2023 | 101 | American athlete |
| Ernst Dubach | 1881–1982 | 100 | Swiss cyclist |
| Theo Dubois | 1911–2011 | 100 | Canadian champion rower |
| Edward Dyson | 1919–2020 | 100 | British rower |
| George Elder | 1921–2022 | 101 | American professional baseball outfielder |
| Jean Elichagaray | 1886–1887 | 100 | French rower |
| Charlie Emig | 1875–1975 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Wesley Englehorn | 1890–1993 | 103 | American football player and coach |
| Edward English | 1864–1966 | 102 | English cricketer |
| Ralph Erickson | 1902–2002 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Horst Faber | 1921–2022 | 101 | Austrian figure skater |
| Ferdinand Fabra | 1906–2007 | 101 | German football manager |
| Magda Fedor | 1914–2017 | 103 | Hungarian sports shooter |
| Ken Feltscheer | 1915–2017 | 102 | Australian rules footballer |
| Alan Finlayson | 1900–2001 | 101 | South African cricketer |
| Frederico Fischer | 1917– | 108 | Brazilian athlete |
| Joaquim Fiúza | 1908–2010 | 102 | Portuguese sailor |
| Josef Fleischlinger | 1911–2013 | 101 | Czech basketball coach and sports official |
| Billie Fleming | 1914–2014 | 100 | English long-distance cyclist |
| Harry Forsyth | 1903–2004 | 100 | British-Irish cricketer |
| Jim Freeman | 1914–2015 | 101 | American college football player and coach |
| Bruno Frietsch | 1896–1996 | 100 | Finnish sport shooter |
| Johnny Fripp | 1921–2022 | 101 | Canadian skier and football player |
| Evelyn Furtsch | 1914–2015 | 100 | American track and field athlete |
| Gabre Gabric | 1914–2015 | 101 | Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete |
| Miguel Gallastegui | 1918–2019 | 100 | Spanish pelota player |
| Rodrigo García Vizoso | 1909–2009 | 100 | Spanish footballer |
| Milt Gaston | 1896–1996 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Georges Géronimi | 1892–1994 | 101 | French association football forward |
| Jacques Gerschwiler | 1898–2000 | 101 | Swiss figure skater |
| Fred Gibson | 1912–2013 | 101 | Jamaican-born English first-class cricketer |
| Johnny Gibson | 1905–2006 | 101 | American athlete |
| Ed Gill | 1895–1995 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Bill Glassford | 1914–2016 | 102 | American football player and coach |
| Fred Gloden | 1918–2019 | 100 | American football player |
| Norman Gordon | 1911–2014 | 103 | South African Test cricketer |
| Alf Goullet | 1891–1995 | 103 | Australian cyclist |
| Achilleas Grammatikopoulos | 1908–2008 | 100 | Greek association football player |
| Bill Greason | 1924– | 100 | American baseball player |
| Howdy Groskloss | 1906–2006 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Guo Jie | 1912–2015 | 103 | Chinese Olympic athlete |
| George Haigh | 1915–2019 | 103 | English association football player |
| Virginia Halas McCaskey | 1923–2025 | 102 | American football executive |
| George Harman | 1874–1975 | 101 | Irish rugby union international and cricketer |
| João Havelange | 1916–2016 | 100 | Brazilian water polo player and president of FIFA |
| Basil Hayden | 1899–2003 | 103 | American college basketball coach |
| Jaap Havekotte | 1912–2014 | 102 | Dutch speed skater |
| Don Heap | 1912–2016 | 103 | American football and baseball coach |
| Bobbie Heine Miller | 1909–2016 | 106 | South African tennis player |
| John Henderson | 1912–2020 | 107 | American college football player |
| Mac Henderson | 1907–2009 | 101 | Scottish international rugby union player |
| Ernst Jakob Henne | 1904–2005 | 101 | German racecar driver |
| Erik Herseth | 1892–1993 | 100 | Norwegian sailor |
| Red Hoff | 1891–1998 | 107 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Mary Holda | 1915–2016 | 100 | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player |
| Ralph Horween | 1896–1997 | 100 | American football player |
| Edith Houghton | 1912–2013 | 100 | American professional baseball player and scout |
| Jim Hutchinson | 1896–2000 | 103 | Longest-lived English cricketer |
| Ulrich Inderbinen | 1900–2004 | 103 | Swiss mountain guide |
| Joaquim Duarte Gonçalves Isabelinha | 1908–2009 | 100 | Portuguese association football player and medical doctor |
| Fernand Jaccard | 1907–2008 | 100 | Swiss association football midfielder |
| Alberto Jammaron | 1915–2016 | 101 | Italian cross-country skier |
| Dirk Janssen | 1881–1986 | 105 | Dutch gymnast |
| Arch Jelley | 1922– | 102 | New Zealand Olympic athletics coach |
| Kai Jensen | 1897–1997 | 100 | Danish athlete |
| Betsy Jochum | 1921– | 104 | American baseball player |
| Signe Johansson-Engdahl | 1905–2010 | 104 | Swedish swimmer |
| Aarne Kainlauri | 1915–2020 | 104 | Finnish track and field athlete |
| Andrejs Kapmals | 1889–1994 | 104 | Latvian marathoner |
| Ágnes Keleti | 1921–2025 | 103 | Hungarian-Israeli Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast |
| Rezső Kende | 1908–2011 | 102 | Hungarian gymnast |
| Feroze Khan | 1904–2005 | 100 | Pakistani field hockey player |
| Earl Killian | 1920–2022 | 102 | American college baseball, basketball, and soccer coach |
| Phyllis Mudford King | 1905–2006 | 100 | British Wimbledon champion |
| Jalmari Kivenheimo | 1889–1994 | 105 | Finnish gymnast |
| Hans Kleppen | 1907–2009 | 102 | Norwegian ski jumper |
| Sir Durward Knowles | 1917–2018 | 100 | Bahamanian sailor |
| Johnny Kovatch | 1912–2013 | 101 | American football player |
| John Kundla | 1916–2017 | 101 | American basketball coach |
| Gustav Lantschner | 1910–2011 | 100 | Austrian alpine skier and actor |
| Henning Larsen | 1910–2011 | 100 | Danish athlete |
| Sam Latter | 1904–2010 | 106 | Scottish footballer |
| Jack Laver | 1917–2017 | 100 | Australian cricketer |
| Lee Tsuntung | 1916–2017 | 100 | Chinese basketball player |
| Maxime Lehmann | 1906–2009 | 102 | French association football defensive midfielder |
| Julio César León | 1925– | 100 | Venezuelan cyclist and first Olympian from Venezuela |
| Bud Lewis | 1908–2011 | 103 | American golfer |
| Elizabeth Lindsay | 1912–2013 | 100 | American track and field athlete |
| René Llense | 1913–2014 | 100 | French footballer |
| Gunnar Löfgren | 1910–2012 | 101 | Swedish footballer |
| Megan Lowe | 1915–2017 | 101 | English cricketer |
| Bill Lucas | 1917–2018 | 101 | British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948) |
| Mike Lude | 1922–2024 | 101 | American college sports coach and athletics director |
| John Lysak | 1914–2020 | 105 | American canoeist |
| Johnny Macknowski | 1923–2024 | 101 | American basketball player |
| Hans Maier | 1916–2018 | 102 | Dutch water polo player |
| Tony Malinosky | 1909–2011 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Diran Manoukian | 1919–2020 | 101 | French field hockey player |
| Carla Marangoni | 1915–2018 | 102 | Italian gymnast |
| Zach March | 1892–1994 | 101 | English footballer |
| Robert Marchand | 1911–2021 | 109 | French cyclist |
| Joe Marhefka | 1902–2003 | 101 | American football player |
| Connie Marrero | 1911–2014 | 102 | Cuban Major League Baseball player |
| Ted Martin | 1902–2004 | 101 | Australian cricketer |
| Kenneth McAlpine | 1920–2023 | 102 | British racing driver |
| Neil McCorkell | 1912–2013 | 100 | English county cricketer |
| Jim Miller | 1919– | 105 | Australian rules footballer |
| Ralph Miller | 1873–1973 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Keizo Miura | 1904–2006 | 101 | Japanese skier and ski instructor |
| Hidekichi Miyazaki | 1910–2019 | 108 | Japanese masters athlete |
| Gardnar Mulloy | 1913–2016 | 102 | American tennis player |
| Millito Navarro | 1905–2011 | 105 | Puerto Rican baseball player |
| John A. Nerud | 1913–2015 | 102 | American horse trainer |
| Helen Nicol | 1920–2021 | 101 | Canadian baseball player |
| Andreas Nilsson | 1910–2011 | 101 | Swedish association football midfielder |
| Wilf Nixon | 1882–1985 | 102 | English association football goalkeeper |
| Bernarr Notley | 1918–2019 | 100 | English cricketer |
| Albert Öberg | 1888–1990 | 101 | Swedish athlete |
| Marjorie Okell | 1908–2009 | 101 | British athlete |
| Luis Oliva | 1908–2009 | 101 | Argentine athlete |
| Hanna Olsen | 1889–1990 | 100 | Swedish fencer |
| Bill Otis | 1889–1990 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Ace Parker | 1912–2013 | 101 | American professional American football and Major League Baseball player |
| Alf Patrick | 1921–2021 | 100 | English footballer |
| Ivo Pavelić | 1908–2011 | 103 | Yugoslavian footballer and swimmer |
| Attilio Pavesi | 1910–2011 | 100 | Italian cyclist |
| Ettore Perego | 1913–2013 | 100 | Italian gymnast |
| Cyril Perkins | 1911–2013 | 102 | English county cricketer |
| Gordon Perry | 1903–2003 | 100 | Canadian football player |
| Jacqueline Piatigorsky | 1911–2012 | 100 | French-born American chess and tennis player, author and sculptor |
| Paul Pietsch | 1911–2012 | 100 | German pre-War Grand Prix and Formula One racing driver and magazine publisher |
| Brian Pope | 1911–2011 | 100 | English international rugby union player |
| Jim Power | 1895–1998 | 102 | Irish hurler |
| Hal Haig Prieste | 1896–2001 | 104 | Armenian-American high diver and bronze medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
| Frank Prihoda | 1921–2022 | 101 | Australian Olympic alpine skier |
| Tom Pritchard | 1917–2017 | 100 | New Zealand cricketer |
| Alfred Proksch | 1908–2011 | 102 | Austrian athlete and graphic designer |
| Marie Provazníková | 1890–1991 | 100 | Czechoslovak sports official active in the Sokol movement |
| Maurice Racca | 1922–2023 | 100 | French Olympic sport shooter (1956) |
| Marko Račič | 1920–2022 | 102 | Slovenian Olympic athlete (1948) |
| Ted Radcliffe | 1902–2005 | 103 | American Negro league baseball player |
| Vasant Raiji | 1920–2020 | 100 | Indian cricketer and cricket historian |
| Godfrey Rampling | 1909–2009 | 100 | English relay runner |
| Juan Reccius | 1911–2012 | 101 | Chilean athlete |
| Archie Richardson | 1879–1981 | 101 | Australian rules footballer |
| Carl Richardson | 1921–2023 | 102 | American college football coach (Eastern New Mexico University). |
| Pietro Righetti | 1899–2001 | 102 | Italian cyclist |
| Albert Ritzenberg | 1918–2018 | 100 | American tennis player and coach |
| Eddie Robinson | 1920–2021 | 100 | American baseball player |
| James Stillman Rockefeller | 1902–2004 | 102 | American rower and founder of the First National City Bank of New York |
| Nic Roeser | 1896–1997 | 100 | Luxembourgian gymnast |
| Jos Romersa | 1915–2016 | 101 | Luxembourgian gymnast |
| Roy Roper | 1923–2023 | 100 | New Zealand rugby player |
| Bernardo Ruiz | 1925– | 100 | Spanish cyclist |
| Bob Ryland | 1920–2020 | 100 | American tennis player and coach |
| Don Salls | 1919–2021 | 101 | American football player and coach |
| Mike Sandlock | 1915–2016 | 100 | American baseball player |
| Zoltan Sarosy | 1906–2017 | 110 | Hungarian-Canadian chess master |
| Alan Sayers | 1915–2017 | 101 | New Zealand track and field athlete |
| Simone Schaller | 1912–2016 | 104 | American track and field athlete |
| Art Schallock | 1924–2025 | 100 | American baseball player |
| Ambrose Schindler | 1917–2018 | 101 | American football player |
| Johan Chr. Schønheyder | 1915–2015 | 100 | Norwegian sports official |
| Mien Schopman-Klaver | 1911–2018 | 107 | Dutch track and field athlete |
| Rudolf Schrader | 1875–1981 | 105 | American gymnast |
| Aron Schvartzman | 1908–2013 | 104 | Argentine chess master |
| Archie Scott | 1918–2019 | 101 | Scottish cricketer |
| Celina Seghi | 1920–2022 | 102 | Italian alpine skier |
| Vic Seixas | 1923–2024 | 100 | American tennis player |
| Félix Sienra | 1916–2023 | 107 | Uruguayan Olympic sailor |
| Silas Simmons | 1895–2006 | 111 | Longest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player |
| Ingeborg Sjöqvist | 1912–2015 | 103 | Swedish diver |
| Rupert de Smidt | 1883–1986 | 102 | South African cricketer |
| Arthur Smith | 1915–2021 | 106 | English association footballer |
| Lyle Smith | 1916–2017 | 101 | American football coach |
| Herman Smith-Johannsen | 1875–1987 | 111 | Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier |
| Erna Sondheim | 1904–2008 | 103 | German fencer |
| Cecil Souders | 1921–2021 | 100 | American football player |
| Amos Alonzo Stagg | 1862–1965 | 102 | American football player and coach |
| Harold Stapleton | 1915–2015 | 100 | Australian cricketer |
| Sreten Stefanović | 1916–2020 | 103 | Yugoslav gymnast |
| Rollie Stiles | 1906–2007 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Gordon Stone | 1914–2015 | 100 | Australian rugby union player |
| Leon Štukelj | 1898–1999 | 100 | Slovenian gymnast |
| Egon Sundberg | 1911–2015 | 104 | Swedish footballer |
| Al Suomi | 1913–2014 | 100 | American National Hockey League player |
| Karl Swanson | 1900–2002 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Sándor Tarics | 1913–2016 | 102 | Hungarian water polo player |
| Ned Thompson | 1910–2011 | 101 | American collegiate sports coach and administrator |
| Olga Törös | 1914–2015 | 100 | Hungarian gymnast |
| Ignacio Trelles | 1916–2020 | 103 | Mexican football coach |
| Charley Trippi | 1921–2022 | 100 | American football player |
| Talat Tunçalp | 1915–2017 | 101 | Turkish cyclist |
| Eric Tweedale | 1921–2023 | 102 | English-born Australian rugby union player |
| Harry Van Surdam | 1881–1982 | 100 | American football player, coach and official |
| Francisco Varallo | 1910–2010 | 100 | Argentine association football player, last surviving participant of the 1930 FIFA World Cup |
| Jacqueline Vaudecrane | 1913–2018 | 104 | French figure skater and coach |
| Otto von Müller | 1875–1976 | 100 | German Olympic tennis player |
| Whitey Von Nieda | 1922–2023 | 101 | American basketball player |
| Harry Walker | 1915–2018 | 103 | English rugby union player |
| Sir Sydney Walling | 1907–2009 | 102 | Antiguan cricketer |
| Walter Walsh | 1907–2014 | 106 | American FBI agent and sport shooter |
| Syd Ward | 1907–2010 | 103 | New Zealand cricketer |
| Billy Werber | 1908–2009 | 100 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Gene Wettstone | 1913–2013 | 100 | American gymnastics coach |
| John Wheatley | 1860–1962 | 102 | New Zealand cricketer |
| Martin White | 1909–2011 | 102 | Irish hurler |
| Edvin Wide | 1896–1996 | 100 | Swedish long-distance runner |
| Bucky Williams | 1906–2009 | 102 | American baseball player |
| Mac Wilson | 1914–2017 | 103 | Australian rules footballer |
| Willem Winkelman | 1887–1990 | 102 | Dutch athlete |
| Steve Wochy | 1922– | 102 | Canadian National Hockey League player |
| Bob Wright | 1891–1993 | 101 | American Major League Baseball player |
| Phyllis Wylie | 1911–2012 | 101 | English amateur golfer |
| Donnell Young | 1888–1989 | 101 | American Olympic sprinter |
| Fred Zebouni | 1914–2014 | 100 | Lebanese Olympic sailor |