List of centenarians (National Football League players)
This is a list of National Football League players who lived to the age of 100. For other sportspeople who lived to be 100, see List of centenarians (sportspeople). For other lists of centenarians, see Lists of centenarians.
List[]
Name | Born | Died | Age | Team(s) |
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Ralph Horween[1] | August 3, 1896 Chicago, Illinois |
May 26, 1997 Charlottesville, Virginia |
100 years, 296 days | Chicago Cardinals (1921–1923) |
Tom Dickinson[2] | July 20, 1897 Detroit, Michigan |
October 29, 1999 Georgetown, Ohio |
102 years, 101 days | Detroit Heralds (1920) |
Sam Dana[3][4] | August 7, 1903 New York City, New York |
October 29, 2007 Kenmore, New York |
104 years, 83 days | Hartford Blues (1926) New York Yankees (1928) |
Jim Woodruff[5] | March 17, 1905 Nebraska |
November 21, 2007 |
102 years, 249 days | Chicago Cardinals (1926) Buffalo Bisons (1929) |
Johnny Kovatch[6] | June 6, 1912 South Bend, Indiana |
October 11, 2013 Santa Barbara, California |
101 years, 127 days | Cleveland Rams (1938) |
Ace Parker[7][8] | May 17, 1912 Portsmouth, Virginia |
November 6, 2013 Portsmouth, Virginia |
101 years, 173 days | Brooklyn Dodgers (1937–1941) Boston Yanks (1945) New York Yankees (1946) |
Fred Gloden[9] | December 21, 1918 Dubuque, Iowa |
February 25, 2019 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
100 years, 66 days | Philadelphia Eagles (1941) Miami Seahawks (1946) |
Cecil Souders[10] | January 3, 1921 Bucyrus, Ohio |
August 30, 2021 Hilliard, Ohio |
100 years, 239 days | Detroit Lions (1947–1949) |
Ken Casanega[11] | February 18, 1921 Alameda County, California |
October 10, 2021 Medford, Oregon |
100 years, 234 days | San Francisco 49ers (1946, 1948) |
Charley Trippi[12] | December 14, 1921 Pittston, Pennsylvania |
living | 100 years, 60 days | Arizona Cardinals (1947–1955) |
Disputed[]
Name | Born | Died | Age | Team(s) |
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[a][13] | September 4, 1888 Mapleton, Iowa |
July 28, 1997 Chicago, Illinois |
108 years, 327 days | Hammond Pros (1925–1926) |
References[]
- ^ "A League First: Former Player Turns 100 (Published 1996)". August 4, 1996 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Tom Dickinson Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ Goldstein, Richard (November 1, 2007). "Sam Dana, 104, Oldest Former N.F.L. Player, Is Dead (Published 2007)" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Sam Salemi Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Jim Woodruff Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Johnny Kovatch Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Ace Parker". baseball-reference.com. Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ Goldstein, Richard (November 7, 2013). "Ace Parker, Pro Football Hall of Famer From Leather-Helmet Days, Dies at 101". New York Times. p. B18. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Fred Gloden Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Cecil Souders Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Ken Casanega Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Charley Trippi Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Merle Hunter Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
Notes[]
- ^ Merle Hunter was born in 1888 according to Pro-Football-Reference, but some other sources say he was born in 1898, which would make him 98 at the time of his death
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